How many U.S. nuclear power plants were re-licensed last year (2002)?

Hello relievebelarus-ga,

Two U.S. nuclear power plants (four reactors in total) had licenses
renewed in 2002:  Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (in
January 2002), and Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Units 3 and 4 (in June
2002).

"Status of License Renewal Applications and Industry Actions: Plant
Applications for License Renewal" [click on links under "Completed
Applications"]
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/licensing/renewal/applications.html#plant

"License Renewal"
Nuclear Energy Institute
http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=14

"Turkey Point License Renewal Approved" (June 11, 2002)
Nuclear Energy Institute
http://www.nei.org/documents/nuclearnewslink061102.pdf

I hope that this information is helpful.

- justaskscott-ga


Search strategy:

Browsed U.S. Regulatory Commission web site

Searched on Google for:

hatch "turkey point"

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Request for Answer Clarification by relievebelarus-ga on 27 Jan 2003 16:54 PST

Scott, thanks for this.  But, did you find nothing on the Duane Arnold
Energy Center, Iowa's nuclear facility?  I thought I heard in the fall
that their application for renewal had been renewed.

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Clarification of Answer by justaskscott-ga on 27 Jan 2003 17:15 PST

I think what you heard was that the NRC approved a power uprate for
the Duane Arnold Energy Center.  The approval was in November 2001,
but I notice that the information was posted (or reposted) to the site
in September 2002, so perhaps that's why you heard about it at that
time.

"NRC Approves Power Uprate for Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant" (No.
01-127, November 7, 2001)
NRC
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2001/01-127.html

"Search Results for Entire_Site on www.nrc.gov: Term or phrase:
'01-127'" [obtained if you search for "01-127"]
NRC
http://www.nrc.gov/search?NS-search-page=results

I did not see any reference to a license renewal; since the lists
cited in my answer appear to be comprehensive, one would have expected
a renewal application to be listed there.

Thank you for the thorough answer to both question and clarification,
and for providing your source cites as well.