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Shelley Moore Capito Grills Nominee On Improving How NRC Budget is 'Developed, Managed And Executed'

Published December 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 04:50

TVA holds the early site permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build a small modular nuclear reactor, or an smr, at its Clinch river site. This will be the first SMR at a utility in the United States. What role do you see for nuclear energy, including advanced nuclear reactors and TVA's power generation portfolio? I think you need to turn your mic on. Yeah. Thank you. (04:50–04:55)

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Asserts that the SMR at Clinch River will be the first at a U.S. utility.

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