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NRC issues first US construction permit for a BWRX-300 reactor at TVA’s Clinch River site
GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy says the permit covers TVA’s planned 300-megawatt small modular reactor near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. TVA says it has not announced a construction date.
TLDR
GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy said on September 29, 2026, that the NRC issued TVA the first US construction permit for a BWRX-300 reactor at its Clinch River site in Tennessee. TVA says it has not announced a construction date.
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