The last new commercial reactor, run by the Tennessee Valley Authority, came online in 1996.

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It later submitted another analysis showing the reactor could run at 100 percent power, but the research found the risk of a tube break could reach unacceptable levels after 11 months.

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Some of the suggestions include using molten lead as the coolant for the system, but the reactor would run at a temperature above 700 degrees C. when the material becomes corrosive.

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Southern California Edison wants to change the plant's federal operating rules to permit the Unit 2 reactor to run at no more than 70 percent power, which company engineers and consultants believe will limit unusual tube wear.

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Once he heard about the accident, he knew it was his duty to help, since so few people understood how to run reactor systems.

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Mr. Norvelle said the four diesel generators at the plant, 40 miles northwest of Richmond, can furnish enough electricity to run vital safety systems indefinitely at the two-reactor site.

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Decaying generator tubes helped push San Onofre's Unit 1 reactor into retirement in 1992, even though it was designed to run until 2004.

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With supplies continuing to fall and demand swelling on growing reactor-counts worldwide, the market will begin to tighten in the medium-run as deficits grow and become substantial, providing upside for uranium producers.

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