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"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review the Early Site Permit (ESP) application for the Victoria County site near Victoria, Texas. The applicant, Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, submitted the application and associated information on March 25. The application, minus proprietary and security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/victoria.html. Exelon's ESP application seeks resolution of safety and environmental issues for the site, approximately 13 miles south of Victoria. Docketing the Victoria County application does not indicate whether the Commission will approve or reject the request. The NRC has established docket number 52-042 for this application, and the agency will subsequently publish a notice of opportunity to intervene in the required adjudicatory hearing. Petitions to intervene in a hearing may be filed within 60 days of the notice, by anyone whose interest may be affected by the proposed license and who wishes to participate as a party in the proceeding. More information on the hearing process is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html. "

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has docketed, or accepted for review, a combined license (COL) application for two new reactors at the Victoria County site near Victoria City, Texas. Exelon's application, submitted Sept. 3, is the 11th COL request the agency has accepted for review. The application, minus proprietary or security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site here: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/victoria.html. Exelon seeks approval to build and operate two Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactors (ESBWR) at the site, approximately 13 miles south of Victoria. The NRC currently is reviewing the ESBWR design for possible certification. The staff will consider any findings concerning the design during the review of the Victoria County application. Information on the ESBWR application is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/design-cert/esbwr.html.

"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made available to the public an Early Site Permit (ESP) application for the Victoria County site near Victoria, Texas. The applicant, Exelon, submitted the application and associated information on March 25. The application, minus proprietary and security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/esp/victoria.html. Exelon's ESP application seeks resolution of safety and environmental issues for the site, approximately 13 miles south of Victoria. The NRC staff is currently conducting an initial check of the application to determine whether it contains sufficient information required for a formal review. If the application passes the initial check, the NRC will "docket," or accept it for review; this decision is expected by late May. If the application is accepted, the NRC will then announce an opportunity for the public to request an adjudicatory hearing on the application. More information about"

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has made available to the public the combined operating license (COL) application for two new reactors at the Victoria County site near Victoria, Texas. The applicant, Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, submitted the application and associated information Sept. 3. The application, minus proprietary or security-related details, is available on the NRC Web site at: http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col/victoria.html.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff will conduct a public meeting in Victoria, Texas, on Thursday, Aug. 7, to discuss how the agency will review an expected Combined License (COL) application for two reactors at the Victoria County site, about 13 miles south of Victoria. The prospective applicant, Exelon, has told the NRC it intends to apply later this year for a license to build and operate two Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactors (ESBWR) at the site.

Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC; Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application for a Combined License On September 2, 2008, Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) pursuant to Section 103 of the Atomic Energy Act and Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 52, ``Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants,'' an application for a combined license (COL) for two economic simplified boiling water reactor (ESBWR) nuclear power plants, to be located in Victoria County, Texas. The reactors are to be identified as Victoria County Station, Units 1 and 2.

Plans for a new nuclear power plant in Victoria are likely to be scrapped because the project isn't expected to obtain necessary government-backed loans to help finance the facility, the CEO of the company proposing the plant said Friday. Exelon Corp. CEO John Rowe said the Victoria plant would be canceled without the loan guarantees he called essential to putting the two-reactor operation online. "We've been very clear we can't do it without the guarantees," Rowe told reporters after a speech at the National Press Club. But Rowe's company still could end up driving the development of another Texas nuclear project that's seeking a share of $18.5 billion in federal loan guarantees designed to spur development of a new generation of nuclear power plants. Since October, Exelon has been trying to acquire Princeton, N.J.-based NRG, the largest nuclear plant operator in the country.

"Exelon has submitted an application to the US nuclear regulator for an early site permit (ESP) for the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Victoria County, Texas. It has also formally withdrawn its application for a combined construction and operating licence (COL) for the proposed plant. Exelon announced in July 2009 that it had decided to indefinitely postpone plans to build new reactors and would instead pursue power uprates for its existing plants. The decision was made due to "uncertainties in the domestic economy, lowered expectations of future electricity demand and related economic considerations." The company said at that time that it planned to withdraw its COL application for the Victoria plant, but would instead seek an ESP for the site to keep the option of constructing the plant open. Unlike a COL, an ESP does not authorize construction of a new plant."

City refuses to air meeting on Channel 15, but did air pro-nuke speakers A group of residents concerned about nuclear power coming to Victoria doesn't think the city is giving it a "fair shake." Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance asked to air a recording of the "Nuclear 101" forum tonight on the city's Channel 15, but city leaders declined, director John Figer said.

Exelon plans on Wednesday to submit to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application for a combined construction permit-operating license for two units at a greenfield site in Victoria County, Texas. The Chicago-based company has selected GE-Hitachi's 1,520-MW reactor design and the units would be designated as Victoria County Station-1 and -2. At least three other COL applications are expected to be filed this month. NRC already has received 11 applications for possibly 18 new reactors.

Prairie Island tribal leaders pledged Monday to keep their focus on nuclear waste management. Newly elected Tribal Council members said after being sworn-in that the fight over dry cask storage at the nearby Prairie Island nuclear plant would continue over the next two years. "Our community faces significant challenges in the coming years and we need to band together to make sure the tribe's interests are well represented," said Tribal Council President Victoria Winfrey. "Our continued battle to get nuclear waste removed from Prairie Island and to preserve our community's culture and heritage will be our top priority."

Prairie Island tribal leaders pledged Monday to keep their focus on nuclear waste management. Newly elected Tribal Council members said after being sworn-in that the fight over dry cask storage at the nearby Prairie Island nuclear plant would continue over the next two years. "Our community faces significant challenges in the coming years and we need to band together to make sure the tribe's interests are well represented," said Tribal Council President Victoria Winfrey. "Our continued battle to get nuclear waste removed from Prairie Island and to preserve our community's culture and heritage will be our top priority."

John L. Gibbs worries what the release of radioactive water into the Guadalupe River would do to his cattle that drink from it. The 72-year-old DuPont retiree owns the land adjacent to the proposed Exelon Nuclear plant and shares a portion of Linn Lake with the 11,500-acre site 12 miles south of Victoria.

Nobel-nominated peace activist Helen Caldicott will speak in Victoria Oct. 9. Caldicott will address the medical implications of nuclear power and the safety of renewable energy as part of Camosun College's 2008 Insight speaker series.

A federal lawsuit filed against Exelon Corp. shouldn't affect plans to build a nuclear plant in Victoria County, Exelon officials said. NRG Energy Corp. filed its lawsuit Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, asking the court to correct Exelon's false and misleading claims, an NRG news release stated. NRG said that Exelon's exchange offer serves as a tool to pressure the NRG board of directors into accepting Exelon's inadequate offer to take over the company. The news release calls the offer a ruse because such an offer would cost billions more than Exelon's current merger bid because it would require additional refinancing for NRG debt.

URS Corp said on Thursday it had been chosen by Hitachi for an engineering, procurement and construction contract for a new nuclear project in Victoria County, Texas. The project for Exelon Corp (EXC.N), the largest U.S. nuclear plant operator, includes two 1,350-megawatt reactors based on the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor design from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GE.N) (6501.T). URS Chief Executive Martin Koffel, announcing the deal on a conference call to discuss the company's quarterly results, said he was not in a position to provide further details.

Power generator Exelon Corp. said Tuesday it has called off plans for now to build a new nuclear plant in Texas because of worries over the economy and the limited availability of federal loan guarantees. The Chicago-based company, the largest nuclear power generator in the U.S., is the second company in the past two months to postpone work for a new nuclear plant. St. Louis-based AmerenUE said in April that it was suspending work on a reactor in Missouri. "We just aren't in a place to pursue the nuclear project," John Rowe, Exelon's chairman and CEO, told The Associated Press in an interview regarding the company's plans to add two nuclear reactors in Victoria, Texas.

"U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin has officially asked the Department of Labor to reopen the medical compensation claim of Michael Fellinger, a former Ames Laboratory worker who died of lung disease in 2008, most likely caused by exposure to radiation as part of his work. U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (Lauren Victoria Burke/WDCPIX.COM) In a June 28 letter addressed to Shelby Hallmark, the director of the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs with the Department of Labor, Harkin requested the case - which has been denied by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program - be reopened and sent to an independent third party for review."

Goliad County will get some financial help to test groundwater before uranium exploration advances. Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance announced Tuesday that it granted $5,000 to the Goliad County Groundwater Conservation District for testing 11 domestic and livestock wells in areas of proposed uranium exploration or mining.

Ray Benson concerned on how reactors would effect Guadalupe River Grammy Award winner Ray Benson from Austin will sing in radio spots questioning the use of water by a proposed nuclear plant. Benson, known as the guitarist and singer for Asleep at the Wheel, joined the Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance in urging residents to question how two nuclear reactors would affect the future of the Guadalupe River Basin, an Alliance news release stated.

David Huber held the Texas flag with 50 protesters stationed outside Exelon Nuclear's headquarters in Chicago. Rally-goers marched with signs that read "No Thirsty Nukes" and "Don't Mess with Texas Water."