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TVA says startup for Watts Bar Unit 2 on track

By Ed Marcum KnoxNews Friday, December 12, 2008 HARRIMAN - The process for getting Unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear plant up and running by 2012 is on track, with the regulatory paperwork in place and some construction already under way, TVA officials said Thursday. "We are on budget and on schedule...

Posted to Nuclear Power Plant News (Forum) by Highrad on 12-12-2008
Reactor redesign may slow review completion by NRC

Monday, December 01, 2008 By BRIAN LAWSON The Huntsville Times / Times Business Writer Most recent model could be destined for Bellefonte site The expansion of nuclear power in the United States depends on the next generation of reactors that are to be standard in design, easier to manufacture, modern...

Posted to Nuclear Suppliers (Forum) by Highrad on 12-01-2008
Browns Ferry pays off for TVA

In a flat economy nuclear energy is more cost effective than natural gas The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) is finding that even in a period of flat or declining electricity consumption, that building new nuclear energy powered generating capacity is more cost effective than new coal or gas fired...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 11-04-2008
There are some jobs the government must do

Providing for the common good is one of them In the arguments against nuclear energy, critics have taken aim at the debt ceiling of the Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) and the federal loan guarantee program for support investments in new nuclear power plants. These critics seem to have...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-05-2008
Re: Watts Bar Unit 2

Westinghouse and Bechtel have the major engineering contracts. Here are a couple of posts that announce the awards: Westinghouse Engineering Jobs Bechtel Engineering Jobs

Posted to Nuclear Careers (Forum) by Highrad on 09-23-2008
Re: Watts Bar Unit 2

Contract for what type of employment? Engineering? Security?

Posted to Nuclear Careers (Forum) by Highrad on 09-23-2008
TVA's destiny revealed at Bellefonte - Part II

It enters uncharted territory by asking NRC for reinstatement of the licenses for two unfinished nuclear reactors The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to reinstate the licenses for two partially completed reactors at its Bellefonte site near Scottsboro...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-31-2008
TVA keeping Bellefonte 1 and 2 option open

Tennessee Valley Authority has requested the reinstatement of construction permits for two unfinished reactors at its Bellefonte site in Alabama. It continues to pursue regulatory approval for two further units at the site.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-29-2008
TVA's destiny revealed at Bellefonte

The utility has 15 GWE of coal-fired power plants The Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ) should early next year detect on its political radar the rising star of carbon taxes and cap-and-trade legislation in the U.S. Congress. According to the Congressional Budget Office ( CBO ), a carbon tax price...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-03-2008
Construction permit for Watts Bar 2 extended

The construction permit for the unfinished second unit at Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA's) Watts Bar nuclear power plant has been extended by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The permit has been extended until 31 March 2013. TVA requested the extension on 8 May. The company has...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008

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