By Thomas Content
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dominion Resources Inc. (D) today asked federal nuclear regulators for permission to keep the Kewanuee nuclear plant operating for another 20 years.
Dominion filed an application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to renew the operating license for Kewaunee, now set to expire in December 2013. The renewal would allow the 568-megawatt plant on Lake Michigan to operate until December 2033.
Dominion has owned the plant 25 miles east of Green Bay since 2005, after buying the plant from Wisconsin Public Service Corp. of Green Bay and Wisconsin Power & Light Co. of Madison. The NRC has already given permission allowing the state’s other nuclear reactor, Point Beach, to continue operating until the early 2030s. Together, Kewaunee and Point Beach supply one-fifth of the state’s electricity.
Dominion said its other three nuclear plants, located in Virginia and Connecticut, have all been granted license renewals.
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