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Duke Energy Submits Early Site Permit Application to NRC for New Nuclear Reactors in North Carolina

LCG, December 30, 2025--Duke Energy announced today its submission of an early site permit (ESP) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The site is near the Belews Creek Steam Station in Stokes County, North Carolina. The submittal follows two years of work at the site, and the announcement states that the submittal is part of Duke Energy's strategic, on-going commitment to evaluate new nuclear generation options to reliably meet the growing electricity needs of its customers while reducing costs and risks.

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The NRC Issues Summary of 2025 Successes

LCG, December 29, 2025--The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today issued a summary of its 2025 accomplishments to highlight its commitment to "enabling the safe and secure use of civilian nuclear energy and radioactive materials through efficient and reliable licensing, oversight, and regulation to benefit society and the environment."

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J.P. Morgan Acknowledges Round-Trip Trading with Enron

LCG, December 4, 2002-A lawyer for J.P. Morgan Chase has disclosed the company's involvement in circular trades with Enron Corp.

J.P. Morgan Chase is currently in court, attempting to recover $1 billion in surety bond coverage from 11 insurance companies who guaranteed contracts between Enron and J.P. Morgan.

The insurance firms assert that they were not aware of the type of deals at the time and now say the trading added up to loans to Enron, not the sale of gas or oil.

J.P. Morgan had, via another unit named Mahonia, bought oil and gas for $1.9 billion from Enron. Mahonia could then sell the oil and gas back to any company, including Enron.

The insurance firms' lead attorney showed deals yesterday involving Mahonia buying and Chase selling the same oil from and to Enron on the same day in the same transaction. These deals would result in only money changing hands, but not any commodities whatsoever.

J.P. Morgan Chase's attorney said at the questioning of Judge Jed Rakoff, that the trades were circular. While J.P. Morgan Chase admits knowing the nature of the trades, the company still contends that the deals were not loans.

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