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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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Enron's Fastow Surfaces -- Not Much to Say

LCG, Dec. 13, 2001--Andrew Fastow, the formerly missing former chief financial officer of Enron Corp., was put on display at a Houston news conference yesterday by super-litigator David Boies, but he was limited by his lawyers in what he could say.

"Hello. Happy holiday season. Thank you for coming," Fastow said, exactly as instructed.

At the same time, lawyers from the Attorney General's Office and the Securities and Exchange Commission who thought Fastow was supposed to be talking to them asked a federal judge to enforce an October 31 subpoena to which Fastow had not responded.

"This is not a situation where he is not going to be available," Boies said, acknowledging that the sole purpose of the Houston press conference was to show that the former Enron executive had not fled the country. "Mr. Fastow will be responding to a variety of inquiries from a variety of government agencies," Boies said.

When reporters asked if Fastow had been out of the country in the past two months, Boies said the question was irrelevant.

When Fastow failed to meet with SEC officials and lawyers from the Justice Department, the SEC asked a federal judge in Washington to enforce its October subpoena and the Justice Department rescheduled the meeting. Neither move seemed to impress Boies.

"We told the SEC we would be happy to present Mr. Fastow, however we were not going to be in a position to turn him over to the SEC on 48 hours notice," Boies said, adding "People know that Mr. Fastow is available, but he is not going to be available on 48 hours notice."

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