TVA to file for Clinch River SMR construction permit by June

April 21, 2025, 3:45PMNuclear News
Deacy (left) speaks with senior project manager Mike McDowell (center) and civil construction manager Buck Collins (right) outside the construction trailer at the Clinch River site in Tennessee. (Photo: TVA)

In a Q&A posted on TVA’s website last week about a “new nuclear heyday,” Bob Deacy shared his vision for the Clinch River nuclear site in Oak Ridge, Tenn.—and some news about next steps for the company’s small modular reactor plans.

The Tennessee Valley Authority’s senior vice president for the Clinch River project, Deacy described his vision for up to four SMRs built on plots smaller than a football field with state-of-the-art digital equipment and a newly trained workforce providing reliable 24/7 power to the grid.

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