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New Nuclear Reactor Goes Online in Tennessee

HeadlineOct 21, 2016

For the first time in two decades, a new nuclear reactor has gone online in the United States. The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Watts Bar Unit 2 began generating energy on Wednesday. Construction on the $4.7 billion reactor began in 1973. Four other reactors are being constructed in Georgia.

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