Phipps Bend Nuclear Power Plant

Phipps Bend Nuclear Power Plant
Phipps Bend in 2016
Country United States
Location Surgoinsville, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°28′1″N 82°48′27″W / 36.46694°N 82.80750°W / 36.46694; -82.80750Coordinates: 36°28′1″N 82°48′27″W / 36.46694°N 82.80750°W / 36.46694; -82.80750
Status Cancelled
Construction began November 10, 1977
Owner(s) Tennessee Valley Authority
Nuclear power station
Reactor type BWR
Reactor supplier General Electric
Power generation
Units cancelled 2 × 1233 MW

Phipps Bend Nuclear Power Plant is a cancelled nuclear power plant of the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Tennessee Valley Authority board voted on August 6th, 1981[1], to defer construction of this power plant in Surgoinsville. Construction has not yet been resumed, and the project is presumed to be cancelled.

References

  1. "Nuclear power option still alive at TVA despite Phipps Bend debacle". Kingsport Times-News. Retrieved 2017-12-31.


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