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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRING CITY (WATE) – Tennessee Valley Authority is celebrating the completion of the first new nuclear unit in the United States in the 21st Century. TVA said Unit 2 of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant has ...

Federal regulators today approved an operating license for TVA's Watts Bar Unit 2, allowing the first new American nuclear plant to begin operation in nearly two decades. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory ...

SPRING CITY, Tenn. - America's first new nuclear reactor of the 21st century was declared complete on Wednesday, helping the Tennessee Valley Authority to meet nearly half of its electricity demand ...