South Texas Nuclear Generating Station

The South Texas Project Electric Generating Station , is a nuclear power station southwest of Bay City, Texas, United States. STP occupies a 12,200-acre site west of the Colorado River about 90 miles southwest of Houston. It consists of two Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactors and is cooled by a 7,000-acre reservoir, which eliminates the need for cooling towers.

On December 6, 1971, Houston Lighting & Power Co. , the City of Austin, the City of San Antonio, and the Central Power and Light Co. initiated a feasibility study of constructing a jointly-owned nuclear plant. The initial cost estimate for the plant was $974 million .

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