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.

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 is the largest power generator within the TVA network, responsible for more megawatt hours than any coal plant or any dam. It can provide enough electricity to power 2 million homes.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Refurbished and Running An Alabama nuclear plant shut down for 22 years has been restarted — an example of how U.S. utilities are showing interest in nuclear power as ...

Apr. 2—Part 3 in a three-part series. The three units at Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, originally designed to last 40 years, are now licensed to continue operations for 60 years, an extension to ...

Browns Ferry now has a total generating capacity of more than 3.4 gigawatts, making Browns Ferry the second biggest nuclear power plant in America behind only the Palo Verde nuclear plant in Arizona.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- TVA's Browns Ferry nuclear plant near Athens had a fire in one its control rooms in January, but public notice of the event was not issued until this week. The roughly 10 ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA, NYSE: TVC) is now taking steps to correct concerns over safety at its three-unit, 3,440 MW Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama. In May of this year ...

Despite its improved performance in recent years, Browns Ferry began operations with what to that point was one of the worst accidents at a commercial nuclear plant in 1975 in the first year of ...

The Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. Federal regulators have launched a special investigation into a north Alabama nuclear power plant after a high dose of radiation was detected in a body of water ...

Since Browns Ferry’s startup in the mid-1970s, the local mortality rate (all causes) steadily rose from 1.7% to 20.5% above U.S. rate. Nearly 1 million persons live within 50 miles of the plant ...