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Subsequent License Renewal: Extending Nuclear Power Reactors to 80 Years of Operation (and Maybe More)

June 15, 2023 admin browns ferry, Business, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power podcasts, slr, subsequent license renewals, tennessee valley authority, the power podcast, TVA

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:43:34 +0000

The Atomic Energy Act authorizes the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to issue licenses for commercial power reactors to operate for up to 40 years. These licenses can be renewed for […]

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Dominion Files to Extend Operations at Surry Nuclear Plant to 80 Years

October 18, 2018 admin Business, Dominion, Legal & Regulatory, license, news, north anna, NRC, Nuclear, operation, peach bottom, slr, surry, turkey point, Virginia

Dominion Energy has filed an application to extend the operating licenses for two 45-year-old nuclear reactors at the Surry Power Station through 2052 and 2053—when they will be 80 years old. Surry’s Unit 1 and 2, located near Newport News, Virginia, are three-loop Westinghouse pressurized water reactors (PWRs) that began operation in December 1972 and […]

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