NPR's David Kestenbaum reports. DAVID KESTENBAUM: The Browns Ferry 1 plant sits on the Tennessee River. It hasn't exactly been a poster child for nuclear power. In 1975, workers started a fire ...

Emergency cooling lines sat blocked and unnoticed for years. The last was a safety lapse so dire Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant in Athens received the federal notice of a "red finding" – the final ...

Operational since 1974, Browns Ferry is TVA’s first nuclear power plant. Unit 1 began commercial operation on Aug. 1, 1974, followed by Unit 2 in 1975 and Unit 3 in 1977.

Browns Ferry Unit 1, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA’s) first nuclear reactor, turned 50 on Aug. 1, 2024, marking a significant milestone in the iconic plant’s storied history.

TVA directors this week authorized its staff to prepare plans to operate its Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, Alabama, through 2055. TVA Nuclear Chief Tim Rausch said he expects to file an ...

ATLANTA -- Federal regulators ordered in-depth inspections Tuesday at the Browns Ferry nuclear plant run by the Tennessee Valley Authority after deciding the failure of an emergency cooling system ...

The utility shaved a year off the timeline for its small modular reactors, but needs board approval to begin construction.

Three nuclear reactors at the Browns Ferry power plant in Alabama all came back online after years-long shutdowns – six years, 10 years and 22 years later. The difference, though, is those ...

The workhorses of the Tennessee Valley Authority power system didn't always work so well this year. At each of the utility's three nuclear plants, failure of electrical equipment led to what TVA ...