nuclear power

Vistra Corp. Seeks to Add 20 Years to Nuclear Power Plant’s Life with License Renewal

by | Oct 4, 2022

Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant has been generating nuclear electric power for more than 30 years, and this week Irving-based Vistra Corp. announced that it has applied for license renewals with Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep the plant operating through 2053.

“Comanche Peak is one of the lowest-cost and highest-performing nuclear power plants in the country and is a large, dispatchable source of carbon-free electricity,” said Jim Burke, president and CEO of Vistra....

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Fluor-Backed NuScale Power to Go Public Via Dallas SPAC
by | Dec 14, 2021
NuScale Power, a nuclear small modular reactor tech company in Oregon, plans to go public via a merger with Dallas-based Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. The combined company, NuScale Power Corporation, will have an estimated value of about $1.9 billion.

Irving-based engineering and construction giant Fluor made a "significant investment" in the startup about a decade ago.
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