TVA Building Watts Bar 2 and Building Up the Tennessee Valley

TVA Building Watts Bar 2 and Building Up the Tennessee Valley

by Mark Flanagan

Here’s some good news:

The Tennessee Valley Authority board in the US has approved continuing with construction of the second generating unit at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant located on the Tennessee River near Spring City following a revised estimate.
The estimate presented to TVA in early April, revealed the project requires an additional $1.5bn to $2bn to complete, bringing the total cost to complete the unit at nearly $4.5bn, with the most likely estimate of $4.2bn.