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Update on America’s nuclear reactors

Nuclear News- What’s happening in your backyard?  Fox News February 19, 2010 by: Molly Line

According to the Nuclear Energy Institute there are currently 19 nuclear reactors nationwide that are seeking re-licensing.

Reactors filed for license renewal: 19
– Pilgrim, Plymouth, MA, January 2006 (Entergy Operations Inc.) Commercial Operation Start: 1972
– Vermont Yankee, Vernon, VT, January 2006 (Entergy Operations Inc.) Commercial Operation Start: 1972
– Indian Point 2 & 3, New York City, NY, April 2007 (Entergy Operations Inc.) On-line Start: Unit 2- 1974, Unit 3- 1976.
– Prairie Island 1 & 2, Welch, MN, April 2008 (Nuclear Management Co.) Operation Start: Unit 1: December 16, 1973 Unit 2: December 21, 1974
– Kewaunee, Carlton, WI, August 2008 (Dominion) Operation Start: 1974
– Cooper, Brownville, NE, September 2008 (Nebraska Public Power District) Operation Start: 1974
– Duane Arnold, Palo, IA, October 2008 (FPL Energy) Operation Start: 1975
– Palo Verde 1, 2 & 3, Phoenix, AZ, December 2008 (Arizona Public Service Company)
– Crystal River 3, Crystal River, FL, December 2008 (Progress Energy Florida Inc.) Operation Start: 1977
– Salem 1 & 2, Hancock’s Bridge, NJ, August 2009 (PSEG Nuclear, LLC) Unit 1 – June 30, 1977
Unit 2 – October 31, 1981
– Hope Creek, Hancock’s Bridge, NJ, August 2009 (PSEG Nuclear, LLC) Operation Start: 1986
– Diablo Canyon, Avila Beach, CA, November 2009 (Pacific Gas & Electric Company) Operation Start: Unit 1: 1985-Unit 2: 1986
– Columbia Generating Station 2, Richland, WA, January 2010 (Energy Northwest) Operation Start: 1984

Reactors expected to apply for license renewal: 20
– Seabrook, Seabrook, NH, April-June 2010 (FPL Energy)
– Davis-Besse, Oak Harbor, OH, August 2010 (FirstEnergy Nuclear)
– South Texas Project 1 & 2, October-December 2010 (STP Nuclear Operating Company)
– Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, MS, July 2011 (Entergy Operations Inc.)
– Limerick 1 & 2, September 2011 (Exelon Generating Co.)
– Callaway, Fulton, MO, October-December 2011 (AmerenUE)
– Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing, October-December 2012 (STARS)
– Waterford 3, Taft, Louisiana, January 2013 (Entergy Nuclear Inc.)
– Sequoyah 1 & 2, April-June 2013 (Tennessee Valley Authority)
– Strategic Teaming and Resource Sharing, July-September 2013 (STARS)
– Exelon Plant, July 2013 (Exelon Generating Co.)
– Perry, Perry, OH, August 2013 (FirstEnergy Nuclear)
– River Bend, St. Francisville, LA, January 2015 (Entergy Nuclear Inc.)
– Exelon Plant, July 2015 (Exelon Generating Co.)
– Exelon Plant, April 2017 (Exelon Generating Co.)

Oldest operating nuclear plant:
Oyster Creek in New Jersey, operating license issued April 1969- received license extension in 2009
Newest nuclear units:
– June 1996: Watts Bar 1 in Tennessee, 1,121 MW
(Tennessee Valley Authority)
– August 1993: Comanche Peak 2, 1,150 MW
(TXU Electric Co.)
– August 1990: Comanche Peak 1, 1,150 MW
(TXU Electric Co.)
– August 1990: Seabrook 1 in New Hampshire, 1,244 MW
(FPL Group, Inc.)
– January 1990: Limerick 2 in Pennsylvania, 1,134 MW
(Exelon Corp.)

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February 20, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear secrecy, nuclear technology