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  • verb Present participle of relicense.

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Examples

  • After failing to get the plant closed over the evacuation issue in 2003, plant critics focused on relicensing, which is well under way and involves studies by the Nuclear Regulatory

    Home 2010

  • PG&E agreed to do the studies but has rejected calls until now to put the relicensing process on hold until they are completed.

    Diablo Plant Delays License Bid for Quake Study Ben Casselman 2011

  • "It's almost a rush to judgment to submit their application for relicensing," said James Boyd, vice chairman of the California Energy Commission, a state agency.

    Nuclear Crisis Fuels Duel at Diablo Ben Casselman 2011

  • "The tragedy in Japan underscores the importance and critical evidence of the need for a pause in relicensing," said Rep. Lois Capps D., Calif., who last month asked regulators to delay renewing Diablo's license.

    Nuclear Crisis Fuels Duel at Diablo Ben Casselman 2011

  • The NRC sets strict limits on what issues can be considered in the relicensing, and has consistently rebuffed efforts to use the process to conduct broad-based reviews of plants' operations.

    Nuclear Crisis Fuels Duel at Diablo Ben Casselman 2011

  • The agency is expected to rule within a year or so on relicensing Indian Point's two nuclear plants for 20 more years, before their current licenses expire in 2013 and 2015.

    Japanese Crisis Raises Concerns Over Nuclear Plant Near NYC 2011

  • The most recent gift is to support Riverkeeper's work to prevent the relicensing of the Indian Point nuclear power plant in Buchanan, N.Y.

    Helping Protect the Hudson River Melanie Grayce West 2011

  • Opponents may have trouble making much headway with the federal agency that oversees nuclear relicensing, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

    Nuclear Crisis Fuels Duel at Diablo Ben Casselman 2011

  • New York state officials first moved to block Indian Point's relicensing by the NRC four years ago.

    Japanese Crisis Raises Concerns Over Nuclear Plant Near NYC 2011

  • PG&E agreed to do the study, but rejected calls to put the relicensing process on hold until it is completed.

    Nuclear Crisis Fuels Duel at Diablo Ben Casselman 2011

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