21 Nov (NucNet): The operating licence of the US Wolf Creek nuclear power plant in Kansas has been renewed for a further 20 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday.
Plant operator the Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation submitted its licence renewal application for the single pressurised water reactor unit in October 2006. The current operating licence expires in March 2025 and the renewed licence will expire in March 2045.
The 1,165-megawatt Wolf Creek unit was first connected to the grid in June 1985. The renewed licence brings the total number of US renewals to 49 reactor units.
>>Related reports in the NucNet database (available to subscribers)
Wolf Creek N-Plant Is Latest US Applicant For 20-Year Licence Renewal (News No. 219, 11 October 2006)
US Regulator Paves Way For Wolf Creek Operating Licence Renewal (News in Brief No. 56, 19 May 2008)
