Eastlake power plant reappraised

PROGRESS in the design of steam-electric generating stations is not an even, forward movement. New generators are installed in existing plants more frequently than in plants at new locations. The effect of this is that possibly 25 years or so can pass before the engineers have an opportunity to design a new plant, free of those restrictions which frequently make it impossible to utilize fully the new equipment which has been made available, as well as the new techniques which have been developed.