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It’s Official: TVA’s Watts Bar Unit 2 Open for Business
Following a series of power ascension tests, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) 1.22-gigawatt Watts Bar Unit 2 has entered commercial operation, making it…
Tennessee Valley Authority | Watts Bar | Power | Nuclear Power
Thu Oct 20 2016
Watts Bar Nuclear Unit Shuts Down Due to Fire
Watts Bar Nuclear Power Station, located in Spring City, Tennessee (SERC), had an unplanned outage on the Unit 02 reactor due to a transformer fire…
SERC | Nuclear Outage | Watts Bar | TVA | Power Station
Fri Sep 02 2016
Following a series of power ascension tests, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) 1.22-gigawatt Watts Bar Unit 2 has entered commercial operation, making it the nation’s first new nuclear generation to achieve such status in 20 years. The $4.7 billion project was completed on budget, according to TVA. Located near Spring City, Tennessee, the unit had already »
Watts Bar Nuclear Power Station, located in Spring City, Tennessee (SERC), had an unplanned outage on the Unit 02 reactor due to a transformer fire late Monday night. The power station is owned by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) (Knoxville, Tennessee). The new Unit 02 was in the process of power ascensions testing when the fire occurred and triggered TVA officials »