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Xcel Energy names Chris Church new chief nuclear officer
28 Sep 2023 17:10 GMT
… carbon-free, always-on nuclear power plants.”
The strong performance … Upper Midwest. Because nuclear plants generate carbon-free … leadership roles in other nuclear fleets, including vice … that company’s Watts Bar and Sequoyah nuclear power plants. He was …
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New Nuclear Power Plant Comes Online in USA
02 Aug 2023 19:57 GMT
… Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar 2 was commissioned, it … said, adding: " Nuclear power plants produce nearly 20 percent of … ;Although a number of nuclear reactors have retired in recent … . "Generation from nuclear reactors doesn’t produce CO2 …
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First US nuclear power plant built this century goes online
01 Aug 2023 21:15 GMT
… Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, which brought its second reactor online in 2016. Watts Bar … Power said.
The nuclear power plant that nearly never was … Virgil C. Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina … According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, there …
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Vogtle Unit 3 Enters Commercial Operation: First ‘Newly Constructed’ U.S. Nuclear Power Plant in Decades
31 Jul 2023 13:43 GMT
… MW Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactors—Units 3 and 4— … s Watts Bar Unit 2, which came online in 2016. However, Watts Bar … operation in August 1993, or Watts Bar Unit 1, which entered … it will be the largest nuclear power station in the U.S. Southern …
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Another New Nuclear Reactor Energizes U.S. Clean Energy Hopes
08 Aug 2023 01:55 GMT
… a new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactor online, sending power to … reactor to come into operation since 2016 when the Watts Bar … development of the AP1000 nuclear reactors in this project will … and effectiveness of new nuclear reactor models, as well as …
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Officials turn on America's first nuclear reactor in nearly seven years
03 Aug 2023 16:35 GMT
… has turned on its first nuclear reactor in nearly seven years, … that the last time a nuclear reactor was switched on to … Authority began using the Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor located near Spring City … to learn more about the nuclear reactor, check out this link …
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First new US nuclear plant in decades starts operations as country reckons with technology
02 Aug 2023 10:22 GMT
… reactor in the last 23 years. That would be the Watts Bar Nuclear … Plant in Tennessee, according to The Register. Unit 2 of Watts Bar … most nuclear reactors, with 92 nuclear reactors, according … deciding whether new nuclear reactors should be …
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The first domestic-made nuclear reactor in seven years goes live in the USA
02 Aug 2023 09:20 GMT
… Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 began commercial … last new nuclear reactor to be activated was Watts Bar 1 in May … CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, a nuclear industry advocacy group … this Westinghouse AP1000 advanced reactor, which is helping to …
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First new nuclear plant unit constructed in past 30 years goes online in Georgia
01 Aug 2023 18:12 GMT
… has two other older reactors that went online for commercial … Vogtle will become the largest nuclear power plant in the United States. … is the second such nuclear reactor to go online in … Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant went online in …
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First New Nuclear Reactor Constructed in Nearly Seven Years Begins Operation
01 Aug 2023 06:31 GMT
… commercial operation of its Watts Bar Unit 2 close to … for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Before that, Watts Bar 1 in … May 1996 was the last time a new nuclear reactor … 45.7% of the Vogtle Power Plant, the Oglethorpe Power Corporation …