Can Duane Arnold nuclear plant get a 20-year renewal?

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PALO – In its first 33 and a half years of operation, Iowa’s only nuclear power plant has generated more electricity than excitement.

After some operational issues that brought heightened scrutiny in the early 1980s, the Duane Arnold Energy Center north of Palo has received passing marks from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in recent years.

It has been upgraded from its original output of 535 megawatts to 613 megawatts.

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