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Energy Future Holdings generation business, called Luminant, informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday it plans to file an application on September 19 for a license to build and operate two new reactors. Luminant is considering building the reactors at its Comanche Peak nuclear plant in Glen Rose.
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GLEN ROSE – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a public meeting late Thursday to answer questions on the process for Energy Future Holdings to file for a license to build two more reactors. Although Energy Future's Luminant power generation unit will spend between $50 million and $150 million to prepare the application, the company hasn't decided whether to spend billions of dollars to build the reactors at the existing Comanche Peak plant.
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MIDLAND The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued a license last week to Waste Control Specialists to dispose of radioactive byproduct material in Andrews County. Have any concerns? Questions? U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland, is looking to help. The congressman has scheduled an event at which Permian Basin residents will be briefed on the license and other Waste Control Specialists activities during a noon luncheon.
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LUBBOCK, Texas – State environmental regulators on Wednesday gave approval for a Dallas-based company to dispose of Cold War-era radioactive waste at a site in West Texas where it is now being stored. Waste Control Specialists worked for four years to secure the license, which was approved by a 2-1 vote of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in Austin. The company still has about six months of construction before it can begin burying the 3,776 canisters of the uranium byproduct waste in far western Andrews County near the New Mexico border.
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AUSTIN -- With eight power plants on the drawing board, Texas could lead the way in an American renaissance of nuclear power, according to industry leaders and some policymakers. Four power companies -- New Jersey-based NRG Energy, Amarillo Power, Dallas-based Luminant and Chicago-based Exelon -- have proposed building nuclear plants in Texas. That would increase the reactors in the state from four to 12, and more than triple its nuclear output.
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On a scale from 1 to 7 – with 7 implying secure – how safe is nuclear power? If you’ve already answered that question, you are one of 600 surveyed about the divisive energy source.
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