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TVA didn't test 6,000 nuclear reactor parts

435 views · Published 29 March 2013 · 0:57 · Indexed 26 October 2026

Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics

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First of all, when we're talking about nuclear plants, you want every part installed at the plant to be nuclear-grade quality. You want to make sure it can do the job.
Well now federal regulators have cited TVA with three more violations at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant — this time over thousands of parts the utility purchased that aren't documented as nuclear-grade quality.
What's more, officials say TVA didn't even test those parts to certify them as nuclear grade.
Now the utility must pay for dozens of experts to backtrack at least 6,000 purchases of different parts -- some of which have already been installed and some dating all the way back to 1995.
And the undocumented parts could also be installed at the Sequoyah and Browns Ferry nuclear plants. What began as a Watts Bar issue now includes all of TVA's seven reactors at three nuclear plants.

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