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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.

Energy & Environment

North Texas could be home to nuclear power plant until 2053. Why are residents opposed?

Haley Samsel | Fort Worth Report

Tarrant, Somervell residents voice concerns about Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant.

Rick Perry has been trying to find ways to prop up coal and nuclear plants ever since he became secretary of the Energy Department.

Environment & Nature

In Austin, Energy Secretary Perry Pushes For Coal And Nuclear Bailout

Mose Buchele

Energy Secretary Rick Perry spoke in Austin today about a new Department of Energy plan to bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants in the name of...

Coal stockpiled at a power plant. A draft plan circulating in Washington would require power grid operators to buy electricity from struggling coal plants over the next two years to prevent them from shutting down.

President Trump Orders Help For Coal And Nuclear Plants

Jeff Brady

President Trump has ordered Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take immediate steps to help financially troubled coal and nuclear power plants.

Texas News

West Texas Site Wants Nation's Spent Nuclear Fuel

Texas’ only radioactive waste dump wants to open its gates to tens of thousands of metric tons of spent nuclear reactor fuel now scattered across the…