Press Mention Chattanooga Times Free Press August 1, 2022
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TVA moving forward with plans for smaller nuclear reactors to achieve carbon-free goal
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The Tennessee Valley Authority announced it has reached an agreement with a nuclear manufacturer to pursue small modular reactor (SMR) design at the Clinch River site near Oak Ridge, planning to spend the next year preparing a possible construction permit for 300-megawatt reactors. This represents TVA's return to nuclear expansion nearly four decades after abandoning construction of more than half its originally planned nuclear plants. The article does not mention SACE or any SACE staff.
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TVA moving forward with plans for smaller nuclear reactors to achieve carbon-free goal
August 2, 2022
by
Dave Flessner
| Updated August 3, 2022 at 9:33 a.m.
Nearly four decades after the Tennessee Valley Authority abandoned construction of more than half of the nuclear plants it once planned to build, the federal utility is moving forward again with plans to pursue the next generation of nuclear power.
The federal utility said Tuesday it has an agreement with a nuclear manufacturer to pursue a small modular reactor design at the Clinch River reactor site near Oak Ridge and will spend the next year preparing a possible construction permit to build a couple of the 300-megawatt reactors.