Kansas Wolf Creek reactor up to 95 pct

NEW YORK Nov 24 (Reuters) - Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp's 1,166-megawatt Wolf Creek reactor in Kansas ramped up to 95 percent power by early Tuesday from 49 percent early Monday after exiting a refueling outage, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report.

The unit shut on Oct. 10.

During the outage, the company planned to upgrade the main transformers to prepare for the replacement of the rotor during the next refueling outage planned for the spring of 2011. That rotor replacement will boost the unit's power output.

The unit last shut for refueling from about March 18 to May 14, 2008. It is on an 18-month refueling outage.

Wolf Creek is owned by Great Plains Energy Inc's (GXP.N) Kansas City Power & Light (47 percent), Westar Energy Inc (WR.N) (47 percent) and Kansas Electric Power Cooperative Inc (6 percent). (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by John Picinich) ((scott.disavino@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6072; Reuters Messaging: scott.disavino.reuters.com@reuters.net)) ((For help: Click "Contact Us" in your desk top, click here [HELP] or call 1-800-738-8377 for Reuters Products and +1-888-463-3383 for Thomson products; For client training: training.americas@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646-223-5546))