NRC Issues Watts Bar 2 License 19 Years After Watts Bar 1

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Thursday that it had issued a 40-year operating license to the Tennessee Valley Authority for the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor in Spring City, Tenn., about 60 miles southwest of Knoxville. The U.S. regulator heralded the long-awaited event in a standard release...(read more)