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First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor
For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor ...
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TVA submits construction permit for small modular reactor in Oak Ridge
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Tuesday that it is the first utility in the nation to submit a construction permit ...
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For the first time, a U.S. utility seeks permit to build small modular reactor
TVA President and CEO Don Moul said that by going first, they can show other utilities a way to accelerate the development of ...
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What TVA's small modular reactor application means for Tennessee
The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Tuesday that it had submitted a construction permit application to the United States ...
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TVA applies to build first US small modular reactor
The Tennessee Valley Authority applied for a license to construct the first small modular reactor at its Clinch River Nuclear ...
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TVA submits application for nation’s first small modular nuclear reactor
The Tennessee Valley Authority has submitted a permit application with federal regulators to build the nation’s first small ...
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Tennessee Valley Authority submits construction permit application to build small modular reactor
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has become the first utility to submit a construction permit application (CPA) for the ...
‘Significant milestone’: Tennessee Valley Authority becomes 1st US utility to apply for small nuclear reactor permit
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has submitted a construction permit application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...
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At Indiana’s only nuclear reactor, engineers conduct the first experiments of their kind in the U.S.
Purdue University Reactor Number One has specific features that no other reactor in the U.S. has. Purdue’s reactor is ...
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Purdue University reactor paves the way for nuclear digital breakthroughs
PUR-1 has started serving as the nation’s first reactor test bed to help the industry figure out how digital communication, ...
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Ontario approves $15 billion plan to build small modular nuclear reactors
As part of The Big Fix series, Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Chris Bataille, a fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy ...
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First US utility seeks permit for a small nuclear reactor
Ontario Power Generation chose the same reactor the TVA wants to build, GE Hitachi’s design for a small modular reactor that uses light water like all large U.S. commercial reactors. In Ontario ...