Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant, pictured in 2007, sits about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth and adjacent to Glen Rose in Somervell County. The first unit came online in 1990.

Salesmen of “new advanced” nuclear reactors are overrunning the state Capitol, selling the fantasy that Texas will become the leader in building a new generation of small, cheaper reactors if ...

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. ... A new bill would create a taxpayer-funded incentive program of at least $2 billion for nuclear power plants. By Arcelia Martin. Newsletters ...

This approval could lead to the state’s first new reactor since the second unit of the Comanche Peak power plant was licensed in 1993. The reactor will be housed in the university’s Dillard ...

In the past two years, half of all states have taken action to promote nuclear power, from creating nuclear task forces to integrating nuclear into long-term energy plans, according to the Nuclear ...

Comanche peak-2 started in 1993. A couple of reactors started in 1990. 1970-1989 was the main construction. There have been many shutdowns of reactors that could have continued operating. China has ...

That includes a new maintenance contractor at Comanche Peak outside Fort Worth. A spokesperson said there won't be a significant change in jobs at the plant. Dallas Business Journal ...

US-based power company Vistra has secured a licence extension for its 2.4GW Comanche Peak nuclear power plant, allowing operations to continue until 2053. This extension is 20 years beyond the ...

As nuclear manufacturers and researchers descend on Texas, responding to the governor's legislative call, environmentalists ...

Nuclear power helps fight climate change but new reactors need time. ... Together with Comanche Peak, they produce about 10 percent of the state’s annual electricity needs.

Currently, Texas’ power grid gets 10 percent of its energy from nuclear reactors at the South Texas Project in Matagorda County and the Comanche Peak Plant near Ft. Worth in Somervell County.

But interest in new reactors plunged again when the fracking boom boosted fossil fuels as an ... Comanche Peak near Glen Rose in North Central Texas and the South Texas Project in Matagorda ...