NEI Congratulates NRG on Filing Complete License Application for New Texas Reactors.WASHINGTON -- NRG Energy NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG) is a wholesale power generation company founded in 1989, which has an ownership interest in 47 power generating facilities around the world. The diverse portfolio of facilities, are primarily in the Northeast, South Central and Western regions of the United Inc. announced today that it has filed a combined construction and operating license application (COL) with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent U.S. government commission, created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and charged with licensing and regulating civilian use of nuclear energy to protect the public and the environment. for two additional reactors at the South Texas Project nuclear power plant site along the Gulf Coast of Texas. Following is a statement from Frank L. (Skip) Bowman, the Nuclear Energy Institute's president and chief executive officer. "The Nuclear Energy Institute congratulates NRG Energy and its leadership team for acting on their belief that the road to a stronger U.S. energy future must include new nuclear power plants. NRG's filing of a reactor license application under the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's new licensing process is momentous both historically and practically. "Texas has significant future electricity needs in the near term. Nuclear energy should play an important role in the state's energy portfolio because of its ability to produce electricity reliably and without emitting greenhouse gases greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas or other controlled air pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. . "It is noteworthy that NRG NRG Energy NRG NRG Energy, Inc. NRG Natural Resources Group NRG New Radiancy Group NRG Network Referral Group NRG Network Resource Grapher NRG Numerics Rapporteur Group NRG Neuroprosthetics Research Group NRG notional requirements generator is an independent power producer operating in a deregulated electricity market taking this action. It represents a new market approach to building a nuclear power station. NRG selected General Electric's Advanced Boiling Water Reactor The Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) is a Generation III reactor based on the boiling water reactor. The ABWR was designed by General Electric. The standard ABWR plant design has a net output of about 1350 megawatts electrical. design that is an advanced, proven technology being used in Japan. The South Texas Project already has earned a reputation as a reliable producer of low-cost electricity for its customers, and this exciting news extends the prospect of secure, clean electricity for decades to come." The Nuclear Energy Institute is the nuclear energy industry's policy organization. This news release and additional information about nuclear energy are available at http://www.nei.org |
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