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TVA Applies To Build Small Modular Reactor At Clinch River In Tennessee

By David Dalton
20 May 2025

Momentum building around global deployment of BWRX-300 nuclear plant, says developer GVH

TVA Applies To Build Small Modular Reactor At Clinch River In Tennessee
The BWRX-300 is a 300-MW water-cooled, natural circulation SMR with passive safety systems. Courtesy GVH.
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.

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