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Press Mention Chattanooga Times Free Press September 1, 2025

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TVA wants to buy 6K megawatts from small nuclear reactors

By Daniel Dassow · Chattanooga Times Free Press

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The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed an agreement with energy developer Entra1 to build up to 6,000 megawatts of small modular nuclear reactors in TVA's service region and sell the electricity to the federal utility. The project centers on NuScale reactor design technology. The article reports on TVA's strategy to meet growing electricity demand through small modular nuclear technology.

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TVA wants to buy 6K megawatts from small nuclear reactors

Federal utility partnering on NuScale design at center of canceled project

September 2, 2025

by

Daniel Dassow

The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed an agreement with an energy developer hoping to build up to 6,000 megawatts worth of small modular reactors in TVA's region and sell the electricity to the federal utility.