TVA was the New Deal’s prime mover in rural electrification.
The related REA was starting to work toward small nuclear reactors in 1954!
Now TVA is finally making good on the old promise.
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The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, announced Tuesday it submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small modular nuclear reactor. It wants to develop next-generation nuclear power in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at its Clinch River site.
TVA President and CEO Don Moul said that by going first, they can show other utilities a way to accelerate the development of small nuclear reactors.
“Nuclear is very reliable, very resilient. It is carbon free,” he told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Monday. “It is, what I would consider, one of the highest quality generating sources we have. And so starting a path forward not only helps others in America follow, but it can also help America lead the world in the new technology.”
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Well, it’s too late to lead the world. We were leading the world in 1954. Now China is leading in everything, thanks to our treasonous donation of our entire economy and industry and inventive spirit and engineering skills and every fucking thing. Maybe we can finally FOLLOW the trend we started 70 years ago.
Ontario and Duke Energy are collaborating with TVA.
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