Federally owned utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at the Clinch River site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee – the first construction permit application for a BWRX-300 in the US.

TVA has invested in the design of the BWRX-300 as part of a technical collaboration agreement with GVH, Canadian power company Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and Poland-based nuclear developer Synthos Green Energy.