The Allens Creek Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed
nuclear power
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plant to be located at
Wallis, Texas, less than 50 miles from the western edge of
Houston
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.
The plant, consisting of two 1,150 MWe
General Electric
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boiling water reactors, was ordered by
Houston Lighting and Power Company (HL&P) in 1973, but public opposition, fueled in part by press coverage of problems at other nuclear plants around the country, led to lengthy public hearings and court action. In the meantime, construction costs escalated and the plant was officially canceled in 1982.
Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report 1997
p. 61.
See also
*Anti-nuclear movement in the United States
The anti-nuclear movement in the United States consists of more than 80 anti-nuclear groups that oppose nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and/or uranium mining. These have included the Abalone Alliance, Clamshell Alliance, Committee for Nuclear ...
*List of books about nuclear issues
*Nuclear power debate
*Nuclear power in the United States
*Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant
*Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant
References
External links
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