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No nuclear power plants have been ordered in years.  Texas has 2 nuclear power plants: the 2,300 megawatt Comanche Peak project in Somervell County and the 2,502 megawatt South Texas Project in Matagorda County .  The combined cost of constructing the two facilities was $15.6 billion.  Nuclear energy as a power source is still hotly debated in the United States .  Radioactive waste disposal and nuclear plant accidents cause great concern to many Texans.