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NRC extends operating licenses for Limerick's two nuclear plants

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating licenses of both units at the Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County for an additional 20 years.

Clouds of condensed water vapor leave the cooling towers of the Limerick nuclear power plant in Pottstown Monday, November 18, 2013. CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer
Clouds of condensed water vapor leave the cooling towers of the Limerick nuclear power plant in Pottstown Monday, November 18, 2013. CLEM MURRAY / Staff PhotographerRead more

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended the operating licenses of both units at the Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County for an additional 20 years.

Exelon Generation Co. L.L.C. submitted the renewal applications in 2011.

The new licenses will expire on Oct. 26, 2044, for Limerick's Unit 1 and on June 22, 2049, for Unit 2. The boiling-water reactors generate 2,311 megawatts, enough to power 2 million homes.

More information on Limerick's license renewal is available on the NRC's website: http://1.usa.gov/1omrH5F.

The Limerick license extensions bring to 75 the number of commercial nuclear-power reactors with renewed licenses.

Applications for an additional 17 renewals are under review.

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