US NRC accepts Monticello subsequent licence renewal application
13 March 2023
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has accepted for review Northern States Power Company-Minnesota’s application for subsequent licence renewal for the Monticello plant. The regulator is also moving forward with revisions to its rule on the environmental considerations behind such renewals.
The regulator announced on 3 March that it had docketed the company’s 9 January request to licence the Minnesota plant for an additional 20 years of operation. The boiling water reactor began commercial operations in June 1971 and is currently licensed to operate until September 2030 after being granted an initial licence renewal in November 2006. A subsequent licence renewal would extend the unit’s licence to September 2050.
