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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to deny a petition by a coalition seeking to suspend the agency's reactor license renewal process, a spokesman for the NRC said Monday.
One Commissioner, Gregory Jaczko, dissented on part of the decision.
The NRC limits commercial power reactor licenses to an initial 40 years but permits the licenses to be renewed for an additional 20 years. The 40-year term was based on economic and antitrust considerations - not on limitations of nuclear technology, the NRC said.
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