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US Completes Record Number of Nuclear Weapon-Use Element Extractions
25 Jan 2026 13:10 GMT
… extractions demonstrates what the Nuclear Security Enterprise can … be used for nuclear weapons and reactors, it has other … two units of the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant in Tennessee. That ultimately … use of additional licensed reactor units has helped tritium …
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TVA, US nuclear weapons agency reach record tritium output
24 Jan 2026 05:11 GMT
… of lithium into the two Watts Bar reactors during their normal operations. The … regulates civilian nuclear power plants, approved an increase in tritium production at Watts Bar in … legacy goes back to the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.
TVA …
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Tennessee emerges as national hub for nuclear energy growth, Gov. Lee says
16 Jan 2026 21:03 GMT
… future.
According to Nuclear Newswire, Tennessee is … nuclear energy. The state operates four TVA reactors at Sequoyah and Watts Bar … private companies developing advanced reactors, microreactors, and fuel … the Manhattan Project, Nuclear Newswire says.
For …
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Why U.S. Nuclear Licensing Moves So Slowly
03 Jan 2026 08:21 GMT
… s first commercial-scale nuclear reactor opened in Shippingport, … with 94 nuclear power reactors across 54 power plants collectively generating … three new commercial reactors online—Watts Bar 2 in 2016, … cite provisions in the Atomic Energy Act that may …
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Chattanooga studio to address nuclear power’s workforce problem
20 Dec 2025 19:50 GMT
… 10 new large nuclear reactors under construction by 2030. … READ MORE: Only US nuclear reactor under construction is in Chattanooga … workers at any nuclear plant have a nuclear engineering degree. … 39;s Sequoyah and Watts Bar nuclear plants in East Tennessee.
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US regulator extends life of TVA nuclear plant to 80 years
16 Dec 2025 04:19 GMT
… output and the third-largest nuclear power plant in the U.S., … federal grant for small modular nuclear reactor)
"The subsequent license … 's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. TVA held a … first unit at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Rhea County is …
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Whence nuclear power in the 21st century?
10 Dec 2025 16:50 GMT
… plant of that generation, Watts Bar Unit 2, began construction … the new generation of nuclear reactors be competitive with that … equal n is for a nuclear power plant (no matter what its … -support-advanced-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-and-expand-carbon-free- …
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Nuclear Power: The Reliable Solution for Modern Energy Demands
09 Dec 2025 09:55 GMT
… the partially built Watts Bar Unit 2 after … industry, previously closed nuclear power plants are now being retrofitted … AI infrastructure including nuclear reactor deployment without understanding … had seventy-eight nuclear reactors either operating or …
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US Government signs $80bn nuclear deal with Westinghouse, Cameco and Brookfield
02 Nov 2025 03:29 GMT
… Westinghouse Electric Company’s nuclear reactor technologies.
The strategic partnership … large-scale nuclear power plants”.
Although Westinghouse pioneered commercial nuclear power, delivering … the last reactor built by Westinghouse was the Watts Bar NPP. …
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Arkansas Explores Nuclear Power Expansion Amid Growing Energy Demand
27 Oct 2025 06:28 GMT
… and Unit 2 of the Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant in Rhea County, Tennessee.
… and environmental effects of nuclear expansion and make suggestions … a new gas-fired power plant near Texarkana. But Hasten … to start running a nuclear reactor at a domestic military …