The US takes its nuclear power plants to 80 years: there are already nine extended reactors and there can be another six more.

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The US takes its nuclear power plants to 80 years: there are already nine extended reactors and there can be another six more.

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NRC), the same name as the Spanish Nuclear Security Council, has just issued a new license to allow another nuclear power plant to operate until the age of 80. It is the Monticello nuclear power plant in the state of Minnesota. Specifically its unit 1 which has a power of 691 MW. Monticello is a boiling water reactor located about 35 kilometers north-west of Minneapolis. Thanks to this extension, its …