The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) reached another milestone on June 3 when operators at Watts Bar Unit 2—the nation’s newest nuclear power plant and the first added to the fleet in 20 ...

Construction was suspended on Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in the late 1980s, and the plant sat idle for more than 20 years. Now, through equipment refurbishment and replacement, Unit 2 is on track ...

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 ...

A new nuclear reactor went online in Tennessee recently, making history as the first commercial reactor in America to go online in the 21st century. Watts Bar Unit 2 is part of the Tennessee Valley ...

More than four decades after construction began in 1973, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is finally getting close to starting up the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor. Only final tests stand in ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) continues to test its Watts Bar 2 nuclear unit at incrementally higher-and-higher power levels, reaching 41 percent generation early July 6, according to Nuclear ...

(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 ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – The TVA’s Watts Bar nuclear Unit 2 generated electricity onto its power grid for the first time, Friday, June 3. Watts Bar Unit 2 is officially synced to the grid and licensed ...

Crews are working to determine what caused a transformer fire Tuesday evening at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Tennessee Valley Authority said the fire at an onsite switchyard was reported around 9 ...