More than four decades after construction began in 1973, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is finally getting close to starting up the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor. Only final tests stand in ...

Construction was suspended on Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2 in the late 1980s, and the plant sat idle for more than 20 years. Now, through equipment refurbishment and replacement, Unit 2 is on track ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) reached another milestone on June 3 when operators at Watts Bar Unit 2—the nation’s newest nuclear power plant and the first added to the fleet in 20 ...

Watts Bar Unit 2 (WB2), the first nuclear reactor completed in the United States since 1996, has begun producing 100% of its rated power. The Tennessee Valley Authority, the plant's owner and operator ...

A fault in the main transformer used to boost the electricity produced by Watts Bar Unit 2 to grid transmission voltage caused a fire in the oil that cools the transformer. As a result of the fault, ...

SPRING CITY (WATE) – Tennessee Valley Authority is celebrating the completion of the first new nuclear unit in the United States in the 21st Century. TVA said Unit 2 of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant has ...