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The nation’s largest public power company, the Tennessee Valley Authority, announced Tuesday it submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a small, modular nuclear reactor. It wants to develop next-generation nuclear power in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at its Clinch River site.TVA President and CEO Don Moul said that by going first, they can show other utilities a way to accelerate the development of small nuclear reactors.

“Nuclear is very reliable, very resilient. It is carbon free,” he told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Monday. “It is, what I would consider, one of the highest quality generating sources we have. And so starting a path forward not only helps others in America follow, but it can also help America lead the world in the new technology.”The federally owned utility provides electricity to seven states and operates three traditional, large nuclear power plants, which provide 40% of the Tennessee Valley’s power. The region’s population is growing, industries are replacing fossil fuels with electric alternatives and there’s more manufacturing. The TVA expects to need up to 26 gigawatts of power by 2035, enough to power roughly 15 million homes, to meet the growing demand for electricity and replace retiring power plants.to develop and fund small modular nuclear reactors as part of its strategy to dramatically reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, and has provided $350 million for it so far.

U.S. electric utilities have been reluctant to invest in new nuclear construction because of largein Georgia, as Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Vogtle was expanded from two of the traditional large reactors to four, said Jacopo Buongiorno, professor of nuclear science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The TVA decision is meaningful because it may be the start of a trend, Buongiorno added.

The United States does not have any next-generation reactors operating commercially. The NRC is currently reviewing

that want to build these reactors to begin providing power in the early 2030s. A project to build the first wasPennywise llegó al centro el lunes, después de que un equipo del Inwater Research Group la encontrara flotando en el Atlántico con una herida traumática significativa en su caparazón que ya había comenzado a sanar.

El personal del centro de tortugas de Juno Beach estimó que las lesiones de Pennywise tenían aproximadamente un mes de antigüedad. Barron dijo que las imágenes mostraron algún daño en los huesos que rodean la médula espinal. Le están dando a la tortuga un tratamiento con antibióticos de amplio espectro.“Afortunadamente, en este momento, su examen neurológico muestra que todos esos nervios están intactos. Y eso es una gran señal para ella. Estamos muy emocionados por eso y solo estaremos vigilando para asegurarnos de que no haya progresión de la enfermedad, y tan pronto como sintamos que la herida ha sanado lo suficiente, podrá regresar a la naturaleza”.

Aun así, Barron dijo que la historia de Pennywise es un “caso de manual de una tortuga que regresa al área para la temporada de apareamiento y anidación, solo para ser víctima de una lesión por golpe de barco completamente prevenible”.Debido a que la temporada de anidación en Florida va del 1 de marzo al 31 de octubre, los funcionarios del centro de tortugas marinas instan a los navegantes a reducir la velocidad y a ser especialmente conscientes en lo que ellos llaman la Zona de Protección de Tortugas Marinas, que se extiende una milla (1,6 kilómetros) desde la costa.