First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor

Tennessee Valley Authority Submits Nuclear Reactor Permit After Urging from Sens. Bill Hagerty, Marsha Blackburn - Tennessee Star

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) this week filed an application to build the nation's first General Electric Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy small modular reactor (SMR) at its site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, just months after U.S. Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) urged the TVA to embrace a "nuclear renaissance" so it may "lead our energy future."

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A day after the Tennessee Valley Authority announced it had filed a permit to install the nation’s first small modular nuclear reactor, Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said the breakthrough marks the dawn of a new era in commercial electrical power and that sustaining momentum in advanced nuclear generation is the nation’s “next Manhattan Project.” “America must lead the commercialization of affordable and abundant nuclear energy,” he told the …

TVA is first US utility to apply for an SMR construction permit

The application kicks off a multi-year federal permitting process as the country’s largest public power provider works to bring its first advanced reactor online in late 2032.

Tennessee Valley Authority seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor

For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor.

TVA seeks permit for small nuclear reactor

For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, has announced Tuesday it submitted a construction…

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