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SW: →Exelon Nuclear: relicensing TMI
Initially, the NRC "told the plant's owner to investigate even though the accusation involved company managers." The NRC's Inspector General later ruled that asking the plant's owner, Exelon, and its security provider, [[Wackenhut]], to investigate themselves was a violation of NRC policies. Not surprisingly, neither Exelon nor Wackenhut "were unable to substantiate the claim. But, months later, 10 security officers were videotaped sleeping on duty." The NRC then launched its own investigation and confirmed the charges, leading Wackenhut to fire the guards and Exelon to fire Wackenhut. <ref name="sleepy"/>
===Relicensing Three Mile Island===
To overcome local opposition to the re-licensing of the Three Mile Island's unit 1 reactor, Exelon agreed "to pay for an expanded community radiation monitoring system, increase charitable donations to community groups and continue its policy of not storing waste from other nuclear plants," reported the ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. "The company also agreed not to oppose the decommissioning of the TMI Unit 2 reactor, destroyed in the 1979 accident when equipment malfunction and operator error led to a partial meltdown of the reactor core and an air release of radioactive material." <ref>Don Hopey, "[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08334/931554-455.stm Nuclear reactor owners rush to extend licenses]," ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', November 29, 2008.</ref>
==Existing coal-fired power plants==
