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NashVillager Podcast: TVA is being lapped

Nina Cardona

August 27, 2024

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Is waiting for a nuclear power renaissance really the best bet for Tennessee’s electric grid? Plus the local news for August 27, 2024.

Filed Under: Environment, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, methane, nuclear power, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Report Outlines How The Southeast Can Reach 100% Clean Electricity By 2035

Caroline Eggers

June 17, 2021

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The Biden Administration announced last year the goal of eliminating carbon emissions from the electricity sector by 2035.

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: clean energy, hydroelectric, hydropower, nuclear power, solar power, Southern Alliance For Clean Energy, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

Decades Of On Again, Off Again For Nuclear Plant As TVA Pumps Brakes On Bellefonte

Blake Farmer

June 12, 2013

The Tennessee Valley Authority is slashing its workforce at the Bellefonte Nuclear facility in North Alabama. The plant’s reactors have never been completed. And with natural gas prices down and people generally using less power recently, the utility says there’s no need to rush.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: nuclear power, Tennessee Valley Authority

TVA Done With Sequoyah Maintenance

Nina Cardona

January 11, 2013

Work on the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant’s Unit Two reactor is finished ahead of schedule and under budget.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: nuclear power, sequoyah nuclear plant, Tennessee Valley Authority, TVA

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