NRC board to hear challenges to Dow’s Long Mott application

February 20, 2026, 7:15AMNuclear News
Concept art for the Long Mott Generating Station in Texas. (Image: X-energy)

A Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) will hear arguments on February 26 on challenges to a construction permit application from Long Mott Energy (LME) for a multiunit reactor facility at Dow Chemical Company’s Seadrift site in Calhoun, Texas. LME is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow.

NRC announces hearing opportunity on Long Mott construction permit

June 11, 2025, 4:59PMNuclear News
Concept art of the Dow plant in Seadrift, Texas. (Source: X-energy)

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is providing the opportunity to request a hearing on Dow Chemical Company’s application to construct a 320-MWe nuclear power plant at the company’s Seadrift site in Calhoun, Texas. Long Mott Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical, submitted its construction permit application to the NRC in March. It was accepted for review by the agency on May 12.