Victoria County Station Explained

The Victoria County Station was a proposed nuclear power plant, in Victoria County, 13.3 miles south of Victoria, Texas.28.6144°N -97.0306°W[1] The plant, consisting of two 1535 MWe General-Electric-Hitachi economic simplified boiling water reactors was applied for by the Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC on September 2, 2008.[2] The project was canceled in August 2012.[3]

Exelon filed a Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) application for the plant on September 3, 2008 with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In July 2009, Exelon announced that it was suspending its COL application. In March 2010, Exelon announced that it was formally withdrawing its COL application, while submitting its application for an early site permit (ESP).[4]

On August 28, 2012, Exelon announced that it had notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it was withdrawing its ESP application, which brought to an end all project activity.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. September 2, 2008. Victoria County Station, Units 1 and 2 Combined License Application. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0825/ML082540600.pdf. Exelon Generation. Environmental Description. 2.1-1. 2021-02-17.
  2. Thomas S.. O'Neill. U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk. Exelon Nuclear Texas Holdings, LLC Victoria County Station, Units 1 and 2 Application for Combined Licenses for Victoria County Station NRC Project Number 761. September 2, 2008. http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0825/ML082540469.pdf. Exelon Generation. restricted access.
  3. Web site: Exelon scraps Texas reactor project . August 29, 2012 . Nuclear Engineering International .
  4. News: ESP application for new Texan plant . March 26, 2010 . World Nuclear News . 2010-03-26 .
  5. News: Exelon drops Texas reactor plan, cites cheap natural gas . August 28, 2012 . Reuters . 2012-08-29 .