How a week-old fire at Comanche Peak shut down a nuclear power unit and pressured Texas’ grid
How a week-old fire at Comanche Peak shut down a nuclear power unit and pressured Texas’ grid
The cause of fire in a main transformer at the plant 60 miles southwest of Dallas remains under investigation.
The Unit 2 reactor at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Glen Rose.(Tom Fox/Staff Photographer / THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS)
6:47 PM on Jun 15, 2021 CDT
One of the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant’s two units has been offline for more than a week following a June 7 fire in the main transformer, putting pressure on the Texas power grid and contributing to this week’s plea for statewide conservation.