Bill removes 40-year limit on Spanish reactor lifetimes

摘要

Most of Spain’s main political parties, including thengoverning Socialist Party, agreed to remove a clause limitingnSpain’s nuclear reactors to 40 years of operation from legislationnthat the Congress approved February 15.nThe agreement came in the form of an amendment tonthe “law of economic sustainability” being debated that daynin the Congress. The legislation aims to lay the groundworknfor sustainable development and growth of the Spanishneconomy, according to the Moncloa, the website of thenpresidential palace.nThe law addresses a wide range of issues from economicncompetitiveness to strengthening supervision of financialninstitutions to energy efficiency.nPreviously, 40 years of operation has been considerednthe “useful life” of nuclear reactors in Spain, despite the factnthat reactors of similar designs operating in other countriesnhave been given permission to operate for as long as 60nyears.