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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.
G. G. Wicks
Nuclear Technology | Volume 55 | Number 3 | December 1981 | Pages 601-606
Technical Paper | Redioactive Waste Managment | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32805
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Savannah River Laboratory is testing the slurry feeding of a ceramic melter as a possible method to vitrify Savannah River Plant high-level radioactive waste. Feeding a liquid slurry requires simpler and less expensive equipment than does feeding a powdered calcine. Experiments have progressed from manual feeding, to a semiautomatic system, to the present slurry-feed system, which is completely automatic. All experiments to date indicate that slurry feeding is a promising way of vitrifying waste. No safety hazards associated with feeding the slurry onto molten glass at 1150°C have been observed experimentally, even when the melter chamber was purposely flooded.