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TVA receives first U.S. construction permit for a small modular reactor

Reactor designer and manufacturer

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on September 29 granted Tennessee Valley Authority a construction permit for a small modular reactor at its Clinch River site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. It is the first SMR construction permit issued in the United States, clearing TVA to build a 300-megawatt BWRX-300 designed by GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy.

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