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Shelley Moore Capito: “TVA holds the early site permit from the Nuclear Regulatory…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 04:40

It's harder to achieve than sometimes it sounds like. So. Mr. Beaman, TVA is one of the leaders in American nuclear producing nearly 40% of its generation from nuclear power. 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? (04:40–04:51)

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Asserts that TVA has a permit to build an SMR at the Clinch River site.

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