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DTE plans to operate Fermi 2 nuclear power plant through 2045

Michigan Radio | By Mark Brush
Published July 20, 2011 at 12:01 PM EDT
DTE's Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie.
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DTE's Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station on the shore of Lake Erie.

DTE Energy plans to submit an application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that would allow the company to operate the Fermi 2 nuclear power plant through 2045.

From the Detroit Free Press:

The utility’s license to operate Fermi 2 expires in 2025 and the application, if approved, would allow DTE Energy to operate it for an addition 20 years. Fermi 2 began commercial operation in 1988. The renewal is in addition to the utility’s request to the NRC for a new nuclear power facility located at the Fermi site. DTE filed that application in 2008, but the licenses has not been issued yet.

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Mark Brush
Mark Brush was Michigan Radio’s Digital Media Director. He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. He was 49 years old.
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