Amarillo Power is proposing the plant that, pending regulatory approval, could be completed and online within a decade, according to a copyrighted story in Tuesday's Amarillo-Globe News.This approximately $5 billion project is the second sign of a nuclear revival following a June filing by NRG Energy to add 2,700 MW of nuclear generation capacity (not to mention a thousand jobs) at its existing South Texas Project.
The proposal calls for a two-unit, 2,700-megawatt advanced boiled water reactor designed by General Electric, documents obtained by the newspaper through the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other sources show.
A megawatt is enough power to serve between 700 and 1,000 homes.
Given that every anti-nuclear and nanny state group will gear up to stop them, I would think utilities interested in diverse energy supplies and a sustained nuclear revival could help by expediting any letters of intent they may be thinking about.
