SPRING CITY, Tenn. - Nearly 43 years after construction began, the Unit 2 reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant got an operating license Thursday to become the first new American nuclear power plant ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) reached another milestone on June 3 when operators at Watts Bar Unit 2—the nation’s newest nuclear power plant and the first added to the fleet in 20 ...
After decades of development, Tennessee Valley Authority announced Watts Bar Unit 2 has completed a series of power ascension tests and reliably operated at full power for more than three weeks. The ...
A fault in the main transformer used to boost the electricity produced by Watts Bar Unit 2 to grid transmission voltage caused a fire in the oil that cools the transformer. As a result of the fault, ...
A main bank transformer fire has put a halt to power ascension testing at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear plant. The incident occurred at about 9:10 p.m., on August ...
Work on Watts Bar Nuclear Plant’s Unit 2 reactor remains on schedule and on budget, and the project team has shifted its focus from large-scale construction to completion and testing of individual ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s second Watts Bar nuclear reactor reached a major milestone early Monday morning when it operated under its own power for the first time. Watts Bar Unit 2 achieved its ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority began its scheduled refueling outage over the weekend at its oldest reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City. An additional 1,000 TVA and contract ...
Detailed hands-on inspections verify that plant documentation matches the newly installed equipment in the control room as well as in the plant. Photo by David Luttrell. The Tennessee Valley Authority ...
SPRING CITY (WATE) – Tennessee Valley Authority is celebrating the completion of the first new nuclear unit in the United States in the 21st Century. TVA said Unit 2 of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant has ...
Crews are working to determine what caused a transformer fire Tuesday evening at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Tennessee Valley Authority said the fire at an onsite switchyard was reported around 9 ...
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