Topic: How Long Can a Nuclear Reactor Last?

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nuclear-power-plant-aging-reactor-replacement-

[Simon]

"We think we can replace almost every component in a nuclear power plant," said Jan van der Lee, director of the Materials Ageing Institute (MAI), a nuclear research facility inaugurated this week in France and run by the state-owned nuclear giant EDF.

"We don't want to wait until something breaks," he said.

That's a relief!