Twenty years ago, on the day the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant began making juice, some environmental activists fretted that if the plant ever ran at full power, it would create a meltdown.

The Comanche Peak nuclear power plant’s second unit is back online after being down for nearly two weeks because of a fire in the main transformer. Unit 2 was restarted at 10:30 p.m. Friday and ...

SOMERVELLE COUNTY – Construction started in the mid-1970s on 10,000-acre site outside of Glen Rose, Texas. In 1990, the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Power Plant finally plugged into the grid, and ...

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.

Vistra said the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved its request to operate the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant through 2053, an additional 20 years beyond its original licenses.

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 ...

IRVING, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistra (NYSE: VST) today announced that it is seeking to extend the operation of Luminant's Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant through 2053, an ...

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.

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He joined Luminant in 2012 as site vice president at the plant. Comanche Peak is a two-unit nuclear power plant in Somervell County, Texas. The plant has a 2,300-MW capacity.

NRC issues 20-year license renewal to the 2,400-megawatt nuclear plant, ensuring continued reliable, baseload generation of zero-carbon electricity "With demand for electricity growing at a rapid ...

Comanche Peak is the third of Vistra's four nuclear plants to receive its license extension from the NRC; the Beaver Valley nuclear power plant units 1 and 2 in Pennsylvania are licensed through ...