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Tennessee Valley Authority
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The Tennessee Valley Authority is a US federal corporation operating Browns Ferry (3 units), Sequoyah (2) and Watts Bar (2): 7 operating units with 8,222 MWe net per the reactor dataset. It holds the first US construction permit for a BWRX-300 at its Clinch River site (NRC, 29 Sep 2026; no construction start date or cost announced), signed a non-binding agreement with ENTRA1 Energy for up to 6 GW of NuScale plants (September 2025) and will take Kairos Power's Hermes 2 output under a PPA. Unlisted (federal debt issuer); no market data apply.
Source: data/reactors.csv (WNA/PRIS); data/smr_projects.csv (GE Vernova 29 Sep 2026, WNN 4 Sep 2025, Kairos 17 Apr 2026), 9 Oct 2026 · confidence mediumFleet
- Reactors operated
- 7
- Net capacity
- 8,222 MWe
- As of
- 9 Oct 2026
Key projects
| Project | Country | Stage | Note | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Ferry | USA | Operating | 3 operating units, 3,610 MWe net | open on the map |
| Sequoyah | USA | Operating | 2 operating units, 2,291 MWe net | open on the map |
| Watts Bar | USA | Operating | 2 operating units, 2,321 MWe net | open on the map |
| GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 - Clinch River Nuclear Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee [owner/licensee] | USA | Licensed | Regulator stage as of 9 Oct 2026: NRC construction permit issued 29 Sep 2026 (first US BWRX-300 CP; CPA submitted May 2025, review 14 months); early site permit held since 2019 | open on the map |
| NuScale US460 (VOYGR-6, 77 MWe modules) [prospective offtaker] | USA | Concept | Regulator stage as of 9 Oct 2026: NRC standard design approval for uprated 77 MWe module (US460) announced 29 May 2025 and 30 May 2025; no site-specific CP/COL application filed | open on the map |
| Kairos Hermes 2 (KP-FHR demonstration, ~50 MWe) - Heritage Center (ETTP), Oak Ridge, Tennessee [PPA offtaker] | USA | Under construction | Regulator stage as of 9 Oct 2026: Construction permit Nov 2024; groundbreaking 17 Apr 2026 | open on the map |
Deals
| Date | Type | Deal | Status | Capacity MW | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2026 | Licensing milestone | NRC issues construction permit for TVA's Clinch River BWRX-300 SMR | Completed | 300 | n/a |
| 2 Sep 2025 | SMR order | TVA and ENTRA1 Energy agree to deploy 6 GW of NuScale SMRs across six plants | Announced | 6,000 | n/a |
| 18 Aug 2025 | PPA | TVA signs PPA for up to 50 MW from Kairos Power's Hermes 2 to serve Google data centres | Signed | 50 | n/a |
| 20 May 2025 | Licensing milestone | TVA files first US utility construction permit application for a BWRX-300 at Clinch River | Completed | 300 | n/a |
Documents
| Document | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| GE Vernova: NRC issues first US construction permit for BWRX-300 at TVA Clinch River | Press release | 29 Sep 2026 |
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