TVA in the US looking at completing build of unfinished reactor

The Tennessee Valley Authority have summitted an environmental report to US regulators showing that there would be almost no environment impact from them completing construction of the Watts Barr 2 reactor - which they stopped constructing in 1985 because electricity demand then was lower than expected. With electricity demand rising in the US TVA have already restarted one reactor, and are seriously considering completing the Watts Bar 2 plant and building another reactor on their Bellafonte site.

Of course, whilst the completion of the plant would have no environmental impact the operation of the plant would have a major environmental benefit, as its output would avoid the emission of million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.

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