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In 2023, Georgia’s Vogtle brought online the nation’s first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in more than three decades ...
A rendering of the Tennessee Valley Authority's planned Pumped Storage Hydropower plant on Rorex Creek near Pisgah, Ala.
A TVA executive confirmed that the utility plans to extend the lifespan of at least two coal plants by at least five years.
Less than two weeks after President Trump signed a series of executive orders intended to “usher in a nuclear energy ...
The federally owned utility provides electricity to seven states and operates three traditional, large nuclear power plants, which provide 40% of the Tennessee Valley’s power. The region’s ...
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, ...
Nuclear engineers told BI that Big Tech's investments could propel nuclear out of a slump. Others are skeptical about buzzy ...
First US Utility Seeks Permit for a Small Nuclear Reactor For the first time in the United States, a utility is asking federal regulators for a permit to build a small nuclear reactor. The nation ...
US fusion energy developer Type One Energy announced it has successfully completed the first formal design review of Infinity ...
The other company, California-based Kairos Power, is building its 35-megawatt test reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee ... in the nuclear space would like to build plants here in Texas,” Glotfelty ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...