Nuke Free Texas: News Stories

Comanche Peak New Storiess:

Funds to shut nuclear plants fall short Associated Press 6/17/09
Anti-nuclear group: Comanche Peak expansion could cost $27.6 billion Fort Worth Star-Telegram April 29, 2009
Opponents Seek to Halt Nuclear Plant License KERA News 4/08/09
NRC Defends Public Process for Comanche Peak KERA 2/09/09
Concerns About Water Use, Wildlife Aired at Hearing on Comanche Peak Expansion Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/8/2009
Supporters outnumber protesters at hearing on Texas nuclear reactors Dallas Morning News 1/7/09
Concerns About Water Use, Wildlife Aired at Hearing on Comanche Peak Expansion Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/7/09
Supporters Outnumber Protesters at Hearing on Proposed EFH Nuclear Reactors Dallas Morning News, 1/6/2009
Officials Seek Public Comments on Proposed Comanche Peak Expansion Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/5/09
NRC Staff Proposes Fine Against Unit of Texas Utilities Wall Street Journal 1/2/1984
Comanche Peak Plant in Texas Is Undergoing Major NRC Inspection Wall Street Journal 7/12/1984
Safety Procedures At Comanche Plant Cited by NRC Panel Wall Street Journal 10/2/1984

Texas Utilities Co. Faces $370,000 Fines Proposed by the NRC Wall Street Journal 5/5/1986
Texas Utilities Co. Finds New Problems At Comanche Peak Wall Street Journal 7/16/1986
NRC Criticizes Managers in Texas Office On Data for Comanche Peak Wall Street Journal 12/12/1986
The Co-opting of CASE The Nation 12/4/1989
Texas Plant Comes Under Scrutiny As Cover-Up of Problems Charged New York Times 10/17/1989
Leak in cooling systems closes Comanche Peak Fort Worth Star-Telegram 3/20/1991
Staff seeks leak that forced Comanche Peak shutdown Fort Worth Star-Telegram 3/21/1991
Brace hit plant lines, TU Says Fort Worth Star-Telegram 3/28/1991
EPA tests water near nuclear facility Fort Worth Star-Telegram 3/23/1991
Comanche Peak called No. 1 in safety violations Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/26/1991
Unit delays restart; Nuclear plant looks at damaged turbine Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/01/1991
Nuclear plant to be back on line this month, TU Electric predicts Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/07/1991
Oil spill wiped up at reactor; Workers’ error causes 3,000 gallon deluge Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/15/1991
Reactor turbine badly damaged by heat surge Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/16/1991
Incident at plant reviewed Fort Worth Star-Telegram 5/30/1992
Thermo-Lag Public deserves a full explanation Fort Worth Star-Telegram 8/12/1992
Comanche Peak gets a warning Fort Worth Star-Telegram 9/01/1992
Investigators say evidence lacking in reported Comanche Peak attack Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/26/1993
Comanche Peak leak creates ‘unusual event’ Fort Worth Star-Telegram 7/02/1993
Water leak is cited at nuclear plant Fort Worth Star-Telegram 7/03/1993
Texas Utilities Co.: Charge of $260 million set after rate-case agreement Wall Street Journal 10/20/1993
Comanche Peak violations bring fine Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/31/1993
Lab says it falsified data on fire retardant Fort Worth Star-Telegram 4/17/1994
Nuclear plant unit prepares to re power Fort Worth Star-Telegram 6/01/1994
Oil leak shuts down Comanche Peak unit Fort Worth Star-Telegram 8/17/1994
Overheated pump forces power cut at Comanche Peak Fort Worth Star-Telegram 9/30/1994
Nuclear unit shut down again Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/24/1996
Comanche Peak narrowly averted mishap Fort Worth Star-Telegram 2/16/2000
Flight ban idles airports near nuclear plant Fort Worth Star-Telegram 11/01/2001
Security Heightened at Glen Rose, Texas Nuclear Plower Plant Dallas Morning News 11/01/2001
Nuclear Facility cited for incidents Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/23/2002
NRC ponders penalty at reactor Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/24/2002
Nuclear plant to get more scrutiny Fort Worth Star-Telegram 2/23/2002
Improper Handling At Comanche Peak Nuclear Engineering International 2/28/2002
Power Industry Addresses Security Dallas Morning News 9/10/2002
TXU Shuts Down Glen Rose, Texas-Area Power Plant after Radioactive Water Leak Dallas Morning News 12/03/2002
Regulators, TXU to discuss tubing leak Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/04/2002
TXU, inspectors to discuss Comanche reactor problems Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/10/2002
Nuclear Regulators Determine Water Leak at TXU Plant Should Have Been Noticed Dallas Morning News 12/11/2002
Flaw in reactor not seen in check Fort Worth Star-Telegram 12/11/2002
Report issued on shutdown Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/11/2003
Repair schedule extended Fort Worth Star-Telegram 10/28/2006
Comanche Peak Steam Electric Station, Glen Rose, Texas Fair Trade Group Publications 11/2007