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The Allens Creek Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed
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plant to be located at
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, less than 50 miles from the western edge of
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. The plant, consisting of two 1,150 MWe
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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.


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Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant The Bodega Bay Nuclear Power Plant was a proposed Northern California nuclear power facility that was stopped by local activism in the 1960s and never built. The foundations, located west of the active San Andreas Fault, were being dug at the ti ...
* Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant


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