Is it safe and environmentally feasible to build a nuclear power plant in Victoria County? The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission won't answer that question definitively for at least another two years.

But the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, an independent, three-judge panel of nuclear experts, has determined that safety and environmental claims concerning growth faults, underground oil and gas wells, and whooping cranes need to be investigated more thoroughly before the site can be declared suitable for a potential nuclear power plant.

The ruling is part of an ongoing process to vet all safety and environmental concerns ...

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