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Nuclear Regulatory Commission extends Hanford nuclear license for 20 more years

License for nuclear power plant at Hanford extended to 2043 Oregon Live.com , May 23, 2012 YAKIMA, Wash.-– The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the license for the Northwest’s only commercial nuclear power plant by an additional 20 years, the plant’s operator announced Wednesday.

The license extends operations at south-central Washington’s Columbia Generating Station through 2043. The plant had been operating on a 40-year license that expires at the end of 2023.

The plant is operated by Energy Northwest, a public power consortium composed of 28 member utilities.  Controversy swirled around the plant last year because it is the same general type as those stricken after the tsunami in Japan….  http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2012/05/license_for_hanford_nuclear_po.html

May 24, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics, USA