Tennessee Valley Authority Yet to Rule on Using Mixed-Oxide Fuel

Tennessee Valley Authority Yet to Rule on Using Mixed-Oxide Fuel

The Tennessee Valley Authority continues to weigh the merits of using mixed-oxide fuel to produce atomic energy at nuclear facilities in two states, the  Decatur Daily reported on Sunday.
"TVA has made no decision to use mixed-oxide fuel at any of our reactors," the Alabama newspaper quoted authority spokesman Ray Golden as saying last week.
The authority would only power reactors at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in Tennessee and the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Alabama with MOX fuel if it is shown to be "environmentally and operationally safe, licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and economically beneficial to TVA's customers," Golden added.http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/tennessee-valley-authority-yet-rule-mox-feasibility-state/