B&W said they will submit an application for design approval to the NRC in 2011. TVA said they may build a power plant based on mPower at the Clinch River Breeder Reactor site. More options ...

Work at Clinch River will begin once B&W mPower and the DOE sign a cooperative agreement for the funding. TVA said it expects to submit the application for the construction permit by 2015.

B&W expects to have two mPower units running at the Clinch River site in Tennessee, owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority, by 2021. Generation mPower was awarded funds from the U.S. Department ...