U.S. Regulators Approve First New Nuclear Plant in Nearly 20 Years — Energy Journal

The Wall Street Journal (online registratio required): The U.S. approved a request to begin generating electricity at a nuclear reactor, the first time in almost 20 years that federal regulators have given a new nuclear power plant such a license, Rebecca Smith reports. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave approval to the Tennessee Valley Authority to load uranium fuel into the Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor in Spring City, Tenn.

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