Former NRC chair pushes against relicensing older plants
Weekly science journal Nature.com has published an overview of issues surrounding relicensing the United States' aging nuclear facilities, and writes that former Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Allison Macfarlane believes generators are investing as little as possible in upgrades and maintenance.
Struggling nukes being pressured by gas-fired generation should probably be replaced rather than kept in service 80 or more years, according to Macfarlane.