Friday, April 6, 2012

TVA RELEASES COST, SCHEDULE ESTIMATES FOR WATTS BAR NUCLEAR UNIT 2

TVA RELEASES COST, SCHEDULE ESTIMATES FOR WATTS BAR NUCLEAR UNIT 2

Power Engineering Magazine -
The Tennessee Valley Authority released on Thursday the findings of a seven-month construction review at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2, detailing cost and time estimates to complete the facility. Based on the findings to date, we will be asking the ...

Video: Cost of completing reactor at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant rises by up to $2 ...

Chattanooga Times Free Press - ‎17 hours ago‎
by Pam Sohn Preston D. Swafford, TVA chief nuclear officer and executive vice president for nuclear generation, left, looks on from behind as Tom Kilgore, president and CEO of TVA, speaks during a news conference at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in ...

TVA ups Watts Bar reactor cost to $4.5 bln, online 2015

Citizens for Legitimate Government - ‎Apr 5, 2012‎
TVA ups Watts Bar reactor cost to $4.5 bln, online 2015 --Reactor cost up from $2.5 billion estimate 05 Apr 2012 US government-owned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said on Thursday it now sees the new reactor at the Watts Bar 2 nuclear power plant in ...

Beginning again, more intelligently: TVA leaders re-evaluate, adjust budget

Nooga.com - ‎20 hours ago‎
By Chloé Morrison Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Tom Kilgore outlined the plan to complete Watts Bar 2 Thursday. (Photo: Staff) The pressure is on to finish Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 2 within the newly set timetable and budget.
 TVA: Watts Bar 2 project to cost as much as $4.5 billion
The Tennessee Valley Authority raised the estimated construction cost of a second reactor at its Watts Bar nuclear plant in Tennessee to as much as $4.5 billion and adjusted its start-up schedule for the reactor to between September and December 2015. "Watts Bar Unit 2 remains a cost-effective solution for meeting the region's base load power needs with clean energy at a competitive rate," said Tom Kilgore, TVA's president and CEO. "We will see Watts Bar 2, the two reactors in Georgia and two in South Carolina come online by 2020," said Mitch Singer, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute. Reuters
 

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