SPRING CITY, Tenn. - Nearly 43 years after construction began, the Unit 2 reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant got an operating license Thursday to become the first new American nuclear power plant ...

After decades of development, Tennessee Valley Authority announced Watts Bar Unit 2 has completed a series of power ascension tests and reliably operated at full power for more than three weeks. The ...

(WBIR - SPRING CITY) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) a 40-year operating license for Watts Bar Unit 2. It is the first U.S. reactor the NRC has ...

A fault in the main transformer used to boost the electricity produced by Watts Bar Unit 2 to grid transmission voltage caused a fire in the oil that cools the transformer. As a result of the fault, ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has reached another milestone in its effort to bring Watts Bar Unit 2 into commercial operation: The unit completed its final power ascension test—a 50% load ...

Detailed hands-on inspections verify that plant documentation matches the newly installed equipment in the control room as well as in the plant. Photo by David Luttrell. The Tennessee Valley Authority ...

TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 has cleared a milestone toward being the country’s first new nuclear generation of the 21st century. An advisory group for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has ...

The $4.7 billion capital construction project was completed on budget. The unit now moves to working asset status. Watts Bar Unit 2 has already provided consumers across the Valley with more than 500 ...

Two nuclear energy milestones were reached in the past week, as the world’s first commercial AP1000 and EPR reactors were connected to China’s power grid. Westinghouse announced Sanmen 1, the first ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s second Watts Bar nuclear reactor reached a major milestone early Monday morning when it operated under its own power for the first time. Watts Bar Unit 2 achieved its ...