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NRC grants Clinton and Dresden license renewals
Three commercial power reactors across two Illinois nuclear power plants—Constellation’s Clinton and Dresden—have had their licenses renewed for 20 more years by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
C. A. Bergmann, D. P. Bour
Nuclear Technology | Volume 13 | Number 3 | March 1972 | Pages 235-240
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31077
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A comparison was made of after-shutdown primary piping radiation levels between Shipping-port PWR first core and second core operation. Due to changes in materials of construction, a higher power core, and other design parameters, it was thought that the radiation buildup would be different during second core operation. It was found that the radiation level due to 58Co was greater during second core than first core due to the use of NiCrFe Alloy 600 steam generator tubing. All the other factors were found to essentially cancel each other.