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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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Italy’s Enel to Build 920 Megawatt Plant for Dubai

LCG, July 20, 2000--Italys largest power company, looking abroad following liberalization of the Italian electricity market ended its monopoly at home, has won a contract worth about 1.2 trillion lire ($574,200,000 U.S.) to build a combination combined cycle power plant and desalination plant in Dubai.

The Enelpower subsidiary of Enel SpA will build a 920 megawatt power plant in Jebel Ali at a cost of 800 billion lire ($382,000) and Fisia Italimpianti, a unit of Italys Impreglio SpA, will build at the same location a desalination facility for around 400 billion lire ($191.000).

Enel said the combination power and desalination plant was the largest ever in the United Arab Emirates. The contracts were awarded by the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority.

Luigi Giuffrida, Enelpowers managing director, said "The contract marks a further success for the company's overseas expansion strategy, and confirms Enelpower's competitiveness, even in countries, like Dubai, that require the use of advanced technology."

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