Blue Energy Files First NRC Construction Application for Gas-to-Nuclear Plant at Port of Victoria
Blue Energy Global has filed the first portion of a construction permit application with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a hybrid gas-to-nuclear facility at the Port of Victoria, Texas, intended to power a Crusoe data center campus built for AI workloads, according to Crypto Briefing.
The filing covers the first nuclear unit planned for the site and asks the NRC to authorize limited early construction, including deep foundation and shaft work to house the first small modular reactor, World Nuclear News reported.
Blue Energy also asked the regulator to approve what it described as a faster route to nuclear: constructing the natural gas portion and balance-of-plant of the gas-to-nuclear plant first, with that balance-of-plant then reused by the nuclear reactors, according to World Nuclear News.
The submission included a 300-page environmental report, which concluded that the natural gas portion presents no significant impacts to endangered species, tribal lands, or other environmental or historical concerns, per World Nuclear News.
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