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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

A Tale of Two Plants: NRC Grants License Extensions to Pilgrim and Columbia



Posted: 29 May 2012 05:01 AM PDT
In the past week, two of Vermont Yankee's sort-of-sister plants were granted 20-year license extensions by the NRC.  These plants are Pilgrim Station in Massachusetts and Columbia Generating Station in Washington State.Vermont Yankee, Pilgrim and Columbia Generating Station are all GE boiling water reactors.  Vermont Yankee and Pilgrim are close to the same size and age while Columbia is newer and bigger.

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