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Guest columnist: TVA taking action to power valley’s future
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (270+ words) Published 11:17 pm Thursday, October 8, 2026 By Mike Skaggs/Guest columnist In August, the TVA Board of Directors took significant action to keep TVA moving forward — investing in new generation, continuing to expand our power grid and updating rates to enable growth…...
Tennessee Employers Can Apply for Workforce Training Assistance in AI, Nuclear Energy, Manufacturing and More
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (474+ words) WGNS Radio Tennessee Employers Can Apply for Workforce Training Assistance in AI, Nuclear Energy, Manufacturing and More Oct 08, 2026 at 12:16 pm TENNESSEE (WGNS News) – Tennessee employers looking to expand their businesses, train employees or fill positions in growing industries now have…...
Amentum Opens Global Nuclear Headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
7+ hour, 1+ min ago (124+ words) | Associated Press | syndication news Enidnews.com Ribbon cutting at Amentum's Global Nuclear HQ. OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 8, 2026-- Amentum today opened its Global Nuclear headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The facility, which houses Amentumâs Nuclear Center of Excellence,…...
Fusion energy developer announces plans for Tri-Cities manufacturing plant-
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (12+ words) (Video) Tri-City Herald...
Fusion energy developer plans to manufacture in Tri-Cities, create 100s of jobs
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (498+ words) A company developing compact fusion energy machines announced plans Thursday to manufacture them in the Tri-Cities region, potentially creating hundreds of permanent jobs in the long term. Avalanche Energy Designs and the Tri-City Development Council have signed a letter outlining…...
Heat dome breaks electric use record
15+ hour, 4+ min ago (33+ words) Unseasonably high temperatures across the Tennessee Valley drove demand for electricity to unprecedented levels in September 2026, leading the Tennessee Valley Authority to set multiple records for high power demand and system reliability....
Construction permit issued for small modular nuclear reactor
14+ hour, 47+ min ago (260+ words) The New York Times reports: “The nation’s largest federally owned utility received permission on Tuesday to build a new type of small nuclear reactor in Tennessee, in the latest sign of growing momentum for U.S. nuclear power. The Tennessee…...
General Fusion Achieves World-First 1 keV Electron Temperature Milestone on its Path to Commercial Fusion Power
17+ hour, 1+ min ago (344+ words) LM26 upgrades are underway to support the higher plasma compression ratios required for the next 10 keV milestone. Upgrades are underway toward the next target of 10 keV, followed by the Lawson criterion: the temperature, density and energy-confinement combination required for net fusion…...
ORNL to Lead, Partner on FIRE Collaboratives in Critical Fusion Energy Technologies
21+ hour, 47+ min ago (583+ words) A digital representation of the surface of a plasma-facing divertor component and the underlying helium cooling system in a tokamak fusion device. The SWIFT-PFCs FIRE collaborative will model virtual components to assess their heat and particle exposure and use that…...
GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) Beats NuScale (NYSE: SMR) To Construction Permit As TVA’s BWRX-300 Reactor Gets Federal Approval
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (414+ words) By David Prior | Oct 7, 2026 | Economy & Business, Energy, Featured, Law and Regulation, News & Analysis The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a construction permit to the Tennessee Valley Authority for a small modular reactor that is not built on NuScale Power (NYSE:…...