Utility Picks Site For Possible New Reactor (Callaway-Fulton)

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This article was published on Saturday, July 21, 2007 10:32 PM CDT in News
By The Associated Press

FULTON, Mo. -- If Ameren Corp. decides to build a new reactor, it would erect it on a site adjacent to its Callaway nuclear plant southeast of Fulton, the company said.

The St. Louis-based utility in April announced a deal with UniStar Nuclear of Annapolis, Md., to prepare a license application for a nuclear plant. But it didn't specify a site for the new 1,600-megawatt reactor.

In a letter sent June 1 to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Tim Herrmann, the utility's vice president of nuclear engineering, said Ameren had chosen the Callaway site but it still hasn't decided whether to build another plant.

Ameren didn't specify where a new plant would be located in relation to the existing unit at Fulton. The company owns 7,200 acres at the site, and 6,300 acres are administered by the Missouri Department of Conservation. ~snip~

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