"Nuclear incidents are extremely rare," says Scott Fielder, spokesperson for TVA.

However, staff at TVA's Sequoyah Nuclear Plant say they are always prepared for anything. "Our operators spend about 20% of their time in this training center, and that's going to school and making sure that they know the procedures to keep everyone safe," Fielder says.

Tennessee secures $400M federal grant to build nation’s first small modular reactor at Clinch River

Governor Bill Lee announced Tuesday that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has been awarded a $400 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to support development of the nation’s first small modular reactor at the Clinch River Site.

The training facility has various stimulators for workers. Local 3 was told that the center is almost an exa

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