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TVA shuts down Watts Bar reactor, declares ‘unusual event’ via Chattanuuga Times Free Press

by Dave Flessner The Tennessee Valley Authority idled one of the reactors at its newest nuclear power plant Wednesday after a gauge indicated a lower than expected level in one of its four steam generators and then, within 15 minutes of … Continue reading

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Donor Lobbying for Nuclear-Plant Tax Credits Brags of Dinners With Trump via Bloomberg

After Franklin L. Haney made his first million-dollar contribution to a super-PAC, his dream of owning a nuclear power plant took a big step forward. That gift went to a group to help re-elect President Barack Obama in 2012. Haney … Continue reading

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Nation’s newest nuclear reactor operating in East Tennessee via local8now

SPRING CITY, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Tennessee Valley Authority announced that the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor is now generating heat under its own power. Soon, TVA says it will produce safe, carbon-free electricity. It’s the nation’s first new … Continue reading

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Phoenix Energy wants to buy Bellefonte Nuclear Plant via AL.com

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A Nevada company said it will try to purchase an unfinished nuclear power plant from the Tennessee Valley Authority and use the site in northeast Alabama to produce electricity with new technology. Michael Dooley, managing partner of … Continue reading

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Watts Bar nuclear reactor granted operating license – first new U.S. reactor in 19 years via the timesfreepress

Federal regulators today approved an operating license for TVA’s Watts Bar Unit 2, allowing the first new American nuclear plant to begin operation in nearly two decades. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today approved an operating license for the second … Continue reading

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Long-delayed nuclear plant in Tennessee nears completion decades after start via US News & World Report

SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Tom Wallace started working at the Watts Bar nuclear plant as a young man in 1979, hoping he could eventually become a reactor operator. It remains a work-in-progress for the Tennessee Valley Authority. Wallace, 55, … Continue reading

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Engineer warns of problems at Ala. nuclear plant via Fuel Fix

ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — A Tennessee Valley Authority engineer says problems at the largest nuclear plant in Alabama have been worse than what federal regulators have reported. The engineer, Joni Johnson, told AL.com that mechanical and managerial shortcomings at Browns … Continue reading

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TVA suffers blow, loses biggest customer via the timesfreepress.com

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority is losing its biggest customer today amid growing concerns about rising industrial power rates. USEC Inc. is shutting down its Paducah, Ky., gaseous diffusion plant, ending uranium enrichment at the 61-year-old plant … Continue reading

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