Browns Ferry — a Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) nuclear plant — broke ground in 1966 on two plants. Unit 1 began operations in 1974, and Unit 2 the following year. By 1975, the two units ...

but it’s not the first nuclear plant to restart after a long shutdown. Three nuclear reactors at the Browns Ferry power plant in Alabama all came back online after years-long shutdowns – six ...

If approved, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would extend Browns Ferry's lifetime to 80 years, a milestone no nuclear plant has reached. The agency already has renewed licenses to 80 years for a ...