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The Nuclear side of the TVA appears hell bent on destroying the legacy of good done by the early Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and its hydroelectric dams. The TVA even looked more modern in 1942 than today and it actually was: Renewables 74 years ago. Hydroelectric power. The Nazis and the Russians won because they made TVA go nuclear.

Construction of the Douglas Hydroelectric Dam in Tennessee (TVA), 1942, A. Palmer, Farm Security Adm.

“Chilled Work Environment” is the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s poorly chosen euphemism for workers frightened to report problems. A nuclear power station requires an air conditioned chilled environment, especially in the summer. One hopes that the workers would be somewhat chilled, as in calm.

Are the workers afraid to report about why Watts Bar 2 is not producing power?

America’s Pre-Rotted “New” Nuclear Reactor Not Working: Power at Zero Percent; Commercial Ops for Watts Bar…