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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday October 27 2015, @03:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the watch-out-for-the-three-eyed-fish dept.

Late last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its first new operating license in nearly two decades. It was issued to the Tennessee Valley Authority, which has finally completed the Watts Bar 2 reactor over 40 years after work was started on the site. The plant may begin generating electricity before the year is out.

Construction on the site was put on hiatus in 1985, but efforts to complete it were restarted in 2007. After work had restarted, the Fukushima disaster led to significant revisions of the safety regulations in the US; Watts Bar 2 becomes the first plant to meet all these requirements. Its license is good for 40 years.

According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, the total cost for completion was $6 billion.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/10/us-regulators-issue-first-nuclear-plant-operating-license-since-1996/

The NRC's announcement is here. [PDF]


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Alfred on Tuesday October 27 2015, @01:14PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Tuesday October 27 2015, @01:14PM (#255076) Journal
    The three eyed fish has a name (Blinky) you insensitive clod.
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  • (Score: 2) by Alfred on Wednesday October 28 2015, @03:44PM

    by Alfred (4006) on Wednesday October 28 2015, @03:44PM (#255640) Journal
    oh come on people, did you not read the department line?

    from the watch-out-for-the-three-eyed-fish dept.

    Combine that with this:
    http://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Blinky [simpsonswiki.com]