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Former board member told TVA board to stop building nuclear power program

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Former TVA board chairman S. David Freeman urged the Tennessee Valley Authority board to halt its nuclear power program expansion, citing inherent cost overrun risks. Freeman, a Chattanooga native and former board member, addressed the TVA board on April 26, 2012, arguing that nuclear projects are inherently demanding and prone to financial escalation.

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Former board member told TVA board to stop building nuclear power program

April 26, 2012

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Pam Sohn

| Updated April 26, 2012 at 10:05 a.m.

Former TVA board chairman S. David Freeman.

S. David Freeman, a Chattanooga native and former TVA board member told the Tennessee Valley Authority board this morning they should stop building their nuclear power program.

"Maybe it's just so demanding that it just inherently will have more cost overruns.