2010-09-22
Regulators Weigh Extending the Lives of Nuclear Power Plants to 80 Years. By Peter Behr, ClimateWire, September 20, 2010. "Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials, Energy Department counterparts, utility executives and research leaders are scheduled to meet in February for a 'tabletop' conference on the technical and regulatory issues that could confront a new wave of relicensing applications by reactor owners. Today's reactors, most of which were built in the 1960s and 1970s, were initially licensed for 40 years. Half of them have won NRC approval to operate for another 20 years, and the rest are expected to do the same. Now the question is, 'Is there life after 60?'"
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