Jay Honeck wrote:

Odd. How do we explain all the 1950s and '60s nuke plants that are still
merrily producing gigawatts of energy today?

There aren't any left from the 50s, unless some of the old Soviet stuff is still
on line. There's aren't very many from the 60s, either, and only one of them is
in this country.

The oldest one in the UK was put on line in 1956. It closed in 2004. The first
plant in the U.S. went on line in 1954, but it's been closed for years.

The oldest one still operating in the U.S. just snuck in under the wire of the
60s - it went on line December 31, 1969. Its license expires in 2009.

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