Clinch River Nuclear Site, Oak Ridge, Roane County, East Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins81% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 81%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterGE Vernova[1] Hitachi, 29 September 2026: it "today welcomed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) issuance of a construction permit to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee."
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the Tennessee Valley Authority a construction permit on 29 September 2026 for a 300 MWe BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the first construction authorisation for a commercial SMR in the United States.
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