US approves first small modular nuclear reactor construction permit

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday approved the Tennessee Valley Authority’s permit to build a small modular reactor at its planned Clinch River site near Oak Ridge. The permit is only the second issued in the United States for a commercial advanced reactor and the first for the BWRX-300, a 300-megawatt design that developers say […]

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