Six TVA Nuclear Reactors

in or nearTennessee

Browns Ferry Plant (3 reactors) near Athens, AL

Browns Ferry’s Record

Built between 1966 and 1977, TVA’s oldest Same GE design as Fukushima Almost 1 million pop. within 50 mi. radius Only reactor in nation to have NRC RED FLAG inspection rating (worst) Contains 3.1 million lbs. radioactive “spent” fuel

in cooling pools Since 1980 BF has reported more than 1700 “events” to the NRC, has had repeated shutdownsLicenses of 3 reactors were renewed in May of 2006 to operate until 2033, 2034, and 2036

Licenses renewed until 2033,2034 & 2037

Tornados April 27, 2011

Sequoyah

Two reactorsLocated not far from downtown ChattanoogaBuilt in 1980 & 1981, license renewed to 2041Over 1 million people within 50 mi. radius

Watts Bar

Located between Chattanooga and KnoxvilleOne reactor operating, 2nd under construction since 2007, supposed to open in 2012, again delayed 2 yrs or more , $2 BILLION OVER ESTIMATED COST

BellefonteThe ZOMBIE

REACTORLocated near

Scottsboro, ALBegun In 1974.

stopped in 1988, cannibalized

for parts by TVA in 2006 & 07.

RESURRECTED in 2008 when TVA asked NRC to reinstate deferred license. Approved by TVA Board for construction after Watts Bar 2 begins operating. Estimated cost, $4 to $5 BILLION.

TVA has 6 nuclear reactors on the Tennessee River +One more in construction at Watts Bar +One more planned at Bellefonte= 8 reactors

Each reactor uses about 24 million gallons of water per day.

Current water usage = c. 144 million gal/day

Projected water usage = c. 192 million gal./day

Water consumption by type of electricity generation:

This article was corrected on 12 September 2011

A typical nuclear power plant in a year generates 20 metric tons of used nuclear fuel. The nuclear industry generates a total of about 2,000 - 2,300 metric tons of used fuel per year.

That accounts only for high level waste.

The USA has 104 nuclear reactors churning out tons of radioactive waste every year. Spent fuel rods are stored in pools to cool and then placed in casks on site. No place for permanent disposal. “Low-level” waste is sent to TN, processed and then for buried or incinerated. Now radioactive metals are being recycled into objects for commercial use. Dog dishes and kleenex boxes today. Cooking pots tomorrow?

There is no such thing as real nuclear clean-up, just an effort to incinerate, to sort, to bury,

and to move radioactive waste from one location to another. Some lethal radionuclides will be with the earth for up to a

million years.