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NRC accepts Ginna SLR application as Constellation seeks 20-year extension
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted Constellation’s subsequent license renewal application to extend operations at the Ginna nuclear power plant by another 20 years.
If approved, the Ontario, N.Y., facility’s operating license would be extended through September 18, 2049. The plant was first issued a 40-year license in 1969, followed by a 20-year renewal in 2004 that extended the license into 2029.
James D. Wolcott, J. N. Anno
Nuclear Technology | Volume 52 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 139-140
Technical Note | Radiation | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32699
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The current from the surfaces of metals exposed in vacuum to 60Co gamma radiation was measured to determine the electron emission. The metals were in the form of solid cylinders 1.27-cm (0.50-in.) diam × 10.2 cm (4.0 in.) long. The electron emission factors increased smoothly with atomic number Z, varying from (3.06 ± 0.63) × 10-17 A/cm2 per rad/h (absorbed dose) for carbon to (18.2 ± 0.4) × 10-17 A/cm2 per rad/h (absorbed dose) for lead.
