Press Mention WATE.COM March 24, 2013
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Nuclear power advancements in Virginia could come to Tennessee
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A WATE news report examines small modular reactor (SMR) technology being developed by Babcock and Wilcox in partnership with TVA and the Department of Energy for potential deployment at the Clinch River site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Stephen Smith of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy raises concerns about nuclear waste and questions the economic viability of SMRs compared to natural gas and renewables. TVA officials express cautious interest in SMRs as part of a balanced energy portfolio to replace aging coal plants.
We still haven't solved the nuclear waste issue in the United States. So these reactors don't do anything. They're smaller units on-site, but on a per-energy basis they're creating the same amount of nuclear waste
Stephen A. Smith
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