Exelon Examines Eight Sites For Texas Reactors

From Reuters:

Exelon Corp. (EXC), the largest U.S. nuclear power producer, said it is "actively" evaluating eight sites in Texas as possible locations for a new nuclear reactor, a spokesman said on Friday.

Chicago-based Exelon, which entered the Texas generation market in 2002 with the purchase of two aging natural gas-fired power plants from TXU Corp. (TXU), became the fourth company last week to say it wants to apply for a license to build a nuclear plant in Texas to meet growing power needs.

Of the 19 preliminary proposals for new U.S. reactors, Texas has attracted the most interest, with four proposals, according to data from the Nuclear Energy Institute.

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