Chattanooga Times Free Press | Tennessee: NRC extends permit to build Watts Bar Unit 2
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced today that it has extended its construction permit for the unfinished Unit 2 at the Watts Bar nuclear power plant to March 31, 2013. The Tennessee Valley Authority, which operates Unit 1 at the plant about 10 miles south of Spring City, Tenn., requested the extension in May. TVA is spending $2.5 billion to complete a second reactor at Watts Bar. NRC spokesman Roger Hannah said the agency’s staff “found no significant impact on the environment” to extending the construction permit until 2013 so the construction could be completed. Work at the unit began in 1974, TVA halted the project in 1985 and is restarting construction this year.
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TVA wants big power boost from reactors | The Tennessean
TVA wants to increase the power output of each of the three nuclear reactors at its Browns Ferry plant by 15 percent, a move that could raise questions about safety. Getting 15 percent more electricity is a big increase compared with most other such undertakings at nuclear plants around the country. Some plants have been damaged by increased vibrations, but no radioactive materials escaped, officials have said.
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TVA lets leaks go unreported, must pay fines | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean
A whistleblower reported that leaky ducts at a TVA coal plant in northeastern Alabama allowed gases to bypass pollution controls. TVA paid $100,000 in fines, but a TVA Inspector General report discloses that "significant" duct leaks also occurred at one of the agency's Tennessee plants and another plant in Kentucky.
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Ex-TVA chairman "appalled" at agency's nuclear plans : Business : Knoxville News Sentinel
A former TVA chairman is stunned the nation’s largest public utility is leading the country’s nuclear revival now. S. David Freeman oversaw the cancellation of eight of 17 planned TVA reactors in the late 1970s and early 1980s after determining they were too expensive and unnecessary. But TVA’s nuclear program has rebounded. It has six reactors online, is building a seventh and has applied to build two more at the Bellefonte site in Alabama.
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WBIR.com | Knoxville, TN | TVA in hot water dispute
TVA releases billions of gallons of heated water into the Tennessee River each year, and the electricity-producer is on a path to release more, but the state-issued permit that allows the agency's Watts Bar nuclear plant to dump warmed water back into the river expired two years ago. TVA has asked the state to renew the plant's permit, but state environmental officials said last week they want more information about the water temperature there before they sign off on it.
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TVA Power Plants Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks, GAO Finds - washingtonpost.com
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the nation's largest public power company, is vulnerable to cyber attacks that could sabotage critical systems that provide electricity to more than 8.7 million people, according to a Government Accountability Office report to be released today.
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At $24 billion in debt, what's next for TVA? | TimesDaily.com | Times Daily | Florence, AL
TVA lost its federal appropriations for power in 1959 through a congressional act and became completely self-financed in 1999. It also started racking up debt, which in 2007 reached $24.7 billion, about 82 percent of the maximum $30 billion in debt. Many blame that debt on TVA's overeager nuclear program from the 1970s when, at one point, TVA had plans to build 17 nuclear power plants.
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knoxnews.com | Contaminated shipment (NRC hearing setup)
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has announced it will hold a meeting Wednesday, May 28 at its Region II headquarters in Atlanta, to discuss an "apparent violation of NRC transportation regulations" associated with a shipment of equipment to the Watts Bar nuclear plant in Kingston.
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Critics complain of TVA pollution, nuke 'fiasco' : Local News : Knoxville News Sentinel
The Tennessee Valley Authority controlled an unruly river and spread electricity into the remote hollows of the region, but to its critics, the agency has a 75-year history of insensitivity to the problem of air pollution. And when it comes to responding to the public, the agency is viewed as being as sluggish as the waters trapped behind its dams.
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TVA to design concept plan for nuclear waste reprocessing plant : Knoxville News Sentinel
The Tennessee Valley Authority has received $4 million to develop a conceptual design for a nuclear waste reprocessing plant that could end up as a demonstration facility built on the former Clinch Breeder Reactor site.
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The Daily Sentinel: NRC extends intervention deadline
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has extended its deadline for public comment on a proposed twin-reactor nuclear power plant at TVA's Bellefonte site near Scottsboro until June 6, 2008. The 60-day extension, announced in the Federal Register, comes in response to a request by Bellefonte Efficiency and Sustainability Team (BEST), a local group associated with BREDL (Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League). Both groups oppose the use of nuclear power and BEST had complained that TVA's application for a COL (Combined Operating License) was incomplete
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DOE and TVA to work together on GNEP data
DOE and federal utility Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA, will work together to provide Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman with the data he will need to determine a path forward by the end of the year for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership program, DOE said April 24.
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TVA eyes nuclear waste center | TimesDaily.com | Times Daily | Florence, AL
The Tennessee Valley Authority, along with the U.S. Department of Energy, could announce as early as Monday a plan to develop a nuclear waste recycling center that could demonstrate a technology many experts believe can address the growing problem of spent nuclear waste, according to a Congressional source. In the agreement, which has yet to be finalized, TVA would explore recycling spent nuclear fuel, common in other countries, but nearly unheard of in the U.S.
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3/20/2008 - New Group Opposes TVA Nuclear Construction - Chattanoogan.com
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Drought induces TVA's $17M first-quarter loss : Business : Knoxville News Sentinel
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Westinghouse awarded $200 million TVA nuclear contract : Business : Knoxville News Sentinel
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Wamp touts TVA role in nuclear waste project - Oak Ridger
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