06:14 AM EDT, 07/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Vistra ( VST ) said Tuesday it received 20-year licenses from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue operating the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant through 2053.

The two units of Comanche Peak can now operate through 2050 and 2053, twenty years beyond their original licenses, according to Vistra ( VST ).

Comanche Peak is the third of Vistra's ( VST ) four nuclear plants to get a license extension from the NRC, the power generation firm said.

Shares of the company were up over 11% in recent Wednesday premarket activity.

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