Community Education Event · Calhoun County, Texas · Free & Open to the Public
What You
Need to Know
Before It's
Built.
Nuclear Power Reactors in Our Backyard
Four experimental nuclear reactors are proposed for Calhoun County. Before construction begins, you deserve the facts about the science, the risks, and what it means for your community and coastline.
📍 Calhoun County, Texas
🗓 June 12-13, 2026
🎟 Free Registration — Limited Seating
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Long Mott Generating Station · X-energy Xe-100 Pebble-Bed Reactor · Seadrift, TX
Six Things the Community Needs to Understand
Independent researchers, legal experts, and community advocates lay out the full picture.
By the Numbers
4
Proposed Xe-100 reactors at the Seadrift site
48+
U.S. reactor sites with documented radioactive material leaks
35x
More activated waste some SMRs produce vs. conventional reactors
4,700
Acres at the Dow Seadrift Operations site in Calhoun County
Conference Agenda
A full-day program built around one goal: giving you the knowledge to engage, ask questions, and make your voice heard.
Opening
Example Title
An overview of the Long Mott Generating Station proposal and the community's right to be informed.
Session 1
Example Title
An overview of the Long Mott Generating Station proposal and the community's right to be informed.
Session 2
Example Title
An overview of the Long Mott Generating Station proposal and the community's right to be informed.
“Waterkeeper is intervening against the permit to protect the community from radioactive air and water, to avoid becoming a guinea pig for four experimental atomic reactors, to avert wasting money and resources, and to avoid becoming a de-facto permanent high-level radioactive waste dump.”
— DIANE WILSON, SAN ANTONIO BAY ESTUARINE WATERKEEPER & GOLDMAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRIZE WINNER
The NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board permitted formal legal opposition to this project. The first-ever challenge to a U.S. SMR construction permit. source
In 1991, an explosion at the Union Carbide Seadrift facility killed one worker. Prior OSHA audits had flagged outstanding safety problems at the site. source
Germany's pebble-bed AVR reactor had persistent operational problems. South Africa halted its equivalent program before construction ever began. source
This Is Your Community.
Be in the Room.
The People's Conference is free, nonpartisan, and built for anyone who wants to understand what's being proposed and what it means for the place you call home.
Independent expert speakers
Legal rights & NRC process explained
Community panel with local voices
Open Q&A sessions throughout
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