The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has scheduled a meeting for Monday, July 27 to discuss the results of the operational readiness team inspection of Unit 2 at the Watts Bar nuclear plant.
That inspection, which concluded in June, will be the main focus of the discussion. But the NRC staff will also cover the status of construction activities, including the path forward for licensing and operating the 1,150-megawatt reactor as soon as the end of this year.
The NRC meeting, which is open to the public, is scheduled for 6 to 7:30 p.m., on July 27 in the Comfort Inn at 2811 Decatur Pike in Athens, Tenn. Anyone wishing to call into the meeting can contact the NRC’s Bob Haag at 404-997-4446 or Robert.haag@nrc.gov for that information.
TVA began work on the two units at the Watts Bar site in the 1970s. Watts Bar Unit 2 was suspended in 1985 with an active construction permit, and TVA restarted construction in 2007.
If Watts Bar Unit 2 does meet all NRC requirements and receives an operating license, it will be the first nuclear plant to go into commercial operation in this country since Watts Bar Unit 1 in 1996.