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NRC approves V.C. Summer’s second license renewal
Dominion Energy’s V.C. Summer nuclear power plant, in Jenkinsville, S.C., has been authorized to operate for 80 years, until August 2062, following the renewal of its operating license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a second time.
F. M. Mann, R. E. Schenter
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 65 | Number 3 | March 1978 | Pages 544-547
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27185
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Uranium-232 production has been calculated in a 1200-MW(e) liquid-metal fast breeder reactor as a function of position, time, and core composition. Whenever thorium is present in the core, large quantities of 232U relative to uranium (∼1000 ppm) are generated, For 232U generated in the blanket, production is on the order of 50 ppm.
