{"id":204356,"date":"2025-01-23T07:22:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/us-300-megawatt-boiling-water-nuclear-reactor-gains-deployment-support"},"modified":"2025-01-23T07:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T13:22:59","slug":"us-300-megawatt-boiling-water-nuclear-reactor-gains-deployment-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/us-300-megawatt-boiling-water-nuclear-reactor-gains-deployment-support","title":{"rendered":"US 300-megawatt boiling water nuclear reactor gains deployment support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6KUuUh8uaLo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>TVA has selected the BWRX-300 SMR for potential deployment at the Clinch River Site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. If the funding is approved, TVA plans to accelerate construction of the first SMR, with commercial operations planned for 2033.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNuclear power has a key role to play in reaching a cleaner and more secure energy future,\u201d said Scott Strazik, CEO, GE Vernova.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFunding from this grant would play a critical role in the path forward, and we look forward to working with TVA and this strong team of utility and supply chain partners to accelerate the roll-out of small modular reactors in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TVA has selected the BWRX-300 SMR for potential deployment at the Clinch River Site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee. If the funding is approved, TVA plans to accelerate construction of the first SMR, with commercial operations planned for 2033. \u201cNuclear power has a key role to play in reaching a cleaner and more secure energy future,\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,873],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-nuclear-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}