He said the government could have asked the European Commission for an extension if it did not believe that it was the right time to sell.

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Entergy has applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 20-year license extension, and the NRC will likely grant the extension.

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Moscow argued before a United Nations commission in 2001 that the ridge is an extension of its continental territory.

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