Trump's TVA Shake-Up: Senators' Nuclear Gamble Risks Repeating Costly Mistakes

By JR Robinson · JustMyKnoxville

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President Trump fired TVA Board Member Michelle Moore, a clean energy advocate, amid pressure from Tennessee Senators Blackburn and Hagerty to expand Small Modular Reactor development. Stephen A. Smith of SACE condemned the decision as hyper-partisan and warned it could lead to reckless investments in unproven nuclear technology that would burden ratepayers. The article argues this mirrors TVA's costly nuclear overexpansion of the 1960s-70s, when abandoned reactor projects left customers with billions in debt.

This action weakens TVA's ability to make sound decisions. It sets the stage for reckless investments in unproven technologies that could burden ratepayers with billions in unnecessary costs.
Stephen A. Smith

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