The NRC has cleared Duke Energy’s Robinson plant for an 80-year lifespace, marking the fastest license renewal in the agency’s history. (WNN)
Under new federal timelines mandated by a 2025 executive order, the NRC finished its review of the South Carolina plant in just 12 months, slashing six months off the previous schedule.
This marks the plant’s second 20-year renewal (the first came in 2004). The 759 MW Robinson Unit 2, which first powered up in 1970, is now authorized to keep chugging along until July 2050…at which time we hope to be sipping a piña colada on a beach somewhere.