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butthurt writes:

Various news outlets report that Unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear power plant, owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), has begun operation. The reactor is rated at 1.15 GW and cost $4.7 billion ($4.09 per watt). Ground was broken on the project in 1973; construction work was suspended from 1985 to 2007.

Watts Bar Unit 1, which began operation in 1996, is one of three plants which manufacture tritium under contract to the U.S. government for use in hydrogen bombs.

Around the United States, 99 other commercial nuclear reactors are in operation and four others are under construction:

In related news, the TVA is taking bids for its unfinished Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station in fabulous Hollywood, Alabama. It has received a bid of $38 million.

coverage:

• VOA News (U.S. government source)
• Fresno Bee
• Chattanooga Times Free Press
• Knoxville News Sentinel
• Bloomberg BNA
• The Hill
• Power Magazine

previously:
US Regulators Issue First Nuclear Plant Operating License Since 1996

Original Submission

1. "butthurt" - https://soylentnews.org/~butthurt/
2. "Watts Bar nuclear power plant" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Bar_Nuclear_Generating_Station
3. "Tennessee Valley Authority" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority
4. "manufacture tritium" - https://tva.gov/Environment/Environmental-Stewardship/Environmental-Reviews/Production-of-Tritium-in-a-Commercial-Light-Water-Reactor
5. "four others" - http://www.bna.com/nations-first-nuclear-n57982078915/
6. "taking bids" - http://www.newser.com/story/232644/got-36m-this-nuke-plant-could-be-yours.html
7. "Bellefonte Nuclear Generating Station" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellefonte_Nuclear_Power_Plant
8. "Hollywood, Alabama" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood,_Alabama
9. "VOA News" - http://www.voanews.com/a/us-nuclear-power-plant-opens-20-years-late/3561469.html
10. " Fresno Bee " - http://www.fresnobee.com/news/nation-world/national/article109593662.html
11. "Chattanooga Times Free Press " - http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/business/aroundregion/story/2016/oct/19/watts-bar-becomes-1st-new-nuclear-unit-added-us-grid-20-years/393065/
12. " Knoxville News Sentinel " - http://www.knoxnews.com/story/money/business/2016/10/19/tvas-watts-bar-unit-2-achieves-commercial-operation/92381838/
13. "Bloomberg BNA" - http://www.bna.com/nations-first-nuclear-n57982078915/
14. "The Hill" - http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/301828-first-new-us-nuclear-reactor-in-20-years-enters-operation
15. "Power Magazine" - http://www.powermag.com/its-official-watts-bar-unit-2-begins-commercial-operation/
16. "US Regulators Issue First Nuclear Plant Operating License Since 1996" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=15/10/26/2121212
17. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=16581

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