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 ...
The $4.7 billion capital construction project was completed on budget. The unit now moves to working asset status. Watts Bar Unit 2 has already provided consumers across the Valley with more than 500 ...
Two days after power production began for the first time at TVA's newest reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, the new reactor shut down Sunday. TVA officials said Tuesday they hope to restart the ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Unit 2 is America’s newest commercial nuclear reactor and may also have the newest set of steam generators. The Steam Generating Team (SGT), a joint venture ...
A new nuclear reactor went online in Tennessee recently, making history as the first commercial reactor in America to go online in the 21st century. Watts Bar Unit 2 is part of the Tennessee Valley ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced April 15 that a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage for its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 is now under way. "Our work during the first outage allowed ...