A re-licensing application will be filed early next year for a nuclear power plant that produces one-sixth of Wisconsin’s electricity.WE-Energies has confirmed speculation that the company wants to keep the Point Beach nuclear plant running until at least the year 2030.Chuck Quirmbach reports…
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