OAK RIDGE - Opinion is closely divided on the Small Modular Reactor proposed for a Clinch River site by the Tennessee Valley Authority, judging by comments at a required public meeting held Monday.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission held the comment session,which drew about 80 persons to the afternoon session, as a requirement of its environmental review for permitting the reactor.
Officials from TVA and NRC stressed that a decision is a long way off, if it ever comes since there is no Small Modular Reactor design yet approved by the NRC and limited demand for additional base load power generation.
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