The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is facing criticism after data revealed its nuclear reactors shut down unexpectedly 12 times over the past year.
Serving over 10 million people in Southeast USA, TVA has the sixth highest generation capacity of any US utility company and the third largest nuclear power fleet, comprising seven units at three sites.
According to a WPLN News review of US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) records, these outages affected all seven of TVA’s reactors, resulting in the lowest use of nuclear power the agency has reported since 2007.
TVA has been serving the nuclear industry since 1956.
No comment from TVA was provided.
Author summary: TVA faces criticism over nuclear outages.