Amarillo Power seeks indication of local support

ByRod Adams

According to AEDC adds nuke plant to agenda, by Karen Welch Smith of the Amarillo Globe News, the next small step in the long process of licensing and building a new nuclear power plant near Amarillo, Texas is to obtain a formal indication of support by the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation.

The article also reports that Bechtel Power is assisting Amarillo Power in its project and will be beginning the studies required to support the required site permit – assuming that local support for the project is forthcoming.

Amarillo Globe News requires that you register to obtain access to its articles, but the registration is free and simple. The paper has already published at least five excellent and informative articles about Amarillo Power’s ABWR project; I suspect that it will continue to be the most timely source of information available. If you want to keep up with this exciting project, it is a worthwhile investment of a few minutes of your time.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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