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TVA · Oak Ridge, TN · Tennessee
GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 boiling-water SMR; first US SMR construction permit (Sep 30, 2026). TVA is negotiating cost sharing with partners; no construction date yet.
Power
300 MW
Fission · First commercial
Storage
—
energy capacity
Online
2032 (TVA target)
approximate target
Capital committed
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closed or awarded
Capital pending
$400M
conditional or under review
How it works
Today's fleet and most near-term SMRs. Uranium fuel heats ordinary water under high pressure; the steam spins a turbine and the water is cooled and pumped back.
OPEN IN 3D →Construction permit issuedDOCKET 50-615
applied May 20, 2025 · issued Sep 28, 2026
The NRC issued Construction Permit CPAR-2 to TVA for the Clinch River Nuclear Unit 1 BWRX-300 (300 MW) under Docket 50-615, dated September 28, 2026 (press release dated September 29, 2026). The permit authorizes construction only; TVA must obtain a separate NRC operating license before fuel load or operation, and commercial operation is targeted for 2033 with no construction start date announced.
NEXT: TVA must complete construction and obtain a separate NRC operating license (OL/COL application not yet reported as filed); no date set
Grant $400M
Sources: world-nuclear-news.org · energyintel.com
TVA
Utility-owned
STEP 4/6 · AT RISK HALEU is the bottleneckMost advanced designs need HALEU (5–20% enriched), with no commercial US supply at scale yet.
STEP 6/6 · SECURE Standard-fuel SMRs are less exposedLight-water SMRs (BWRX-300, SMR-300) use regular low-enriched fuel, which Western enrichers supply.
STEP 4/4 · WATCH Office relaunched as Energy Dominance FinancingLending shifts toward nuclear and utility expansions (AP1000 offers, Constellation uprates).
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