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March 30, 2009
Source: USA Today
Nuclear power inches back into energy spotlight
The nation’s nuclear power industry — stuck in a decades-long deep freeze — is thawing.
March 12, 2009
Source: Reuters
Economy to slow U.S. nuclear power growth: NRC head
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An “excessive exuberance” for expansion in the U.S. nuclear power industry has calmed because of the global credit and economic crisis, the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Tuesday.
February 17, 2009
Source: Victoria Advocate
Hurricane could wipe out emergency center
The new center would be on an underground electrical grid, and it would have a generator for backup power. It also could provide room for an emergency center for Exelon if the company decides to build a nuclear plant in the county.
February 13, 2009
Source: Reuters
NRG seeks partner for Texas nuclear project
NRG Energy Inc (NRG.N) Chief Executive David Crane said on Friday the company will move forward to find a 20-percent partner for the $8 billion expansion of the South Texas nuclear station in Texas.
February 13, 2009
Source: Austin Energy
Austin Declines Participation in South Texas Project Expansion
The Austin City Council today decided to decline participation in the expansion of the South Texas Project (STP) as currently proposed.
February 13, 2009
Source: San Antonio Express-News
S. Texas’ hopes for new nuclear funds vanish
If the companies looking to build as many as four new nuclear reactors in South Texas are going to succeed, they’re going to have to do it without a massive infusion of federal financing from the stimulus package.
February 13, 2009
Source: Houston Chronicle
NRG’s nuclear plant expansion on track for funding
NRG Energy’s proposed expansion of the South Texas Project nuclear plant in Matagorda County is on a shortlist for federal loan guarantees that are key to moving the project forward…
Exelon Corp.’s plans for a new nuclear plant in Victoria did not make the shortlist of five projects.
October 05, 2008
Source: The Independent UK
Power cuts feared in UK nuclear plants crisis
Six out of 10 of the nation’s atomic stations are operating below capacity, throwing their future into doubt.
News & Events
Nuclear plant proponents overlook drought’s realityTwo recent Express-News articles were highly predictive of South Texas’s future: “This dry spell may be the drought of record” and “Energy giant wants to keep Guadalupe River water rights.” The two highlight the relationship between nuclear power and water.
Global warming studies predict South Texas will experience longer and more severe droughts.
The future is here and its reality is staring us in the face.
Paper water rights deceptiveCentral Texas is experiencing one of the worst natural droughts of the last 50 years. It’s dry and we all know it - we feel it. And during such times, it makes a lot of sense to seriously question our state and local water policies. When it rains, we have enough for all of our dreams. It is when we are dry that reality appears.
TSEPA: GBRA Sells Guadalupe Water Rights to Exelon Amidst Basin-Wide DroughtVICTORIA, TX - Texans for a Sound Energy Policy Alliance (TSEPA) today questioned the logic of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority’s (GBRA) decision to extend its water reservation agreement with Exelon while simultaneously requesting others to conserve.
With the Guadalupe River Basin experiencing Stage 2 drought conditions, GBRA encouraged all users to limit their water usage. Additionally, GBRA was forced to increase the release rate from Canyon Lake into the Guadalupe River in order to meet the current water supply demands for its downstream user, the City of Victoria. At the same time, GBRA accepted $1.1 million from Exelon to reserve 75,000 acre-feet from the Guadalupe for its proposed nuclear power plant near Victoria.