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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.
Stanley T. Kosiewicz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 54 | Number 1 | July 1981 | Pages 92-99
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32756
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Gas generation rates from the alpha radiolysis of typical organic transuranic wastes are affected by the organic matrix, dose rate, dose, and temperature. The matrices under test were cellulosics, plastics, and rubber materials. Gas generation rates from cellulosics were found to be dose-rate independent and dose dependent. Increasing the temperature increased the rate of gas generation for cellulosics.