Built Different
Episode 106: TVA's First US Small Modular Reactor Permit
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued TVA a construction permit on September 29 for a 300-MW GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor at the Clinch River site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee — the first U.S. construction permit for this reactor design. But TVA's board has not made a final build commitment, no long-lead procurement has been authorized, and a previously cited 2032 commercial…