Description
On March 4, 2009, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a request to reactivate its application for a license to operate a second light-water nuclear reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear (WBN) Plant in Rhea County, Tennessee. The NRC published a notice of receipt of the application and the opportunity for hearing in the Federal Register on May 1, 2009 (74 FR 20350). The proposed action is NRC issuance of a 40-year facility operating license for WBN Unit 2. WBN Unit 2, a pressurized-water reactor, could produce up to 3,425 megawatts thermal. The reactor-generated heat would be used to produce steam to drive steam turbines, providing 1,160 megawatts electric of net electrical power capacity to the region.
