Plans to expand the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant to the tune of $15 billion dollars are on hold after cuts in the House-passed version of the federal spending bill this week eliminated loan guarantees that Dallas-based Luminant said were vital to the plan's viability. However, the Star-Telegram, reporting the set-back, predicted that the arrival of fiscally-conservative Republicans in the House next session would make passage of nuclear loan guarantees even less likely.