What does TVA do to ensure nuclear-plant safety?
Nuclear plants are designed to produce large amounts of electricity with maximum safety. TVA s nuclear plants meet extremely rigid and demanding construction and operation safety standards that are established and constantly monitored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Without NRC approval, TVA nuclear plants could not operate. To meet NRC standards and fulfill its responsibility to communities near TVA nuclear plants, TVA employs only highly trained, skilled professionals to maintain and operate the plants. Training for these employees is extensive. Earning a reactor operator s license, for example, requires twice as much training in the classroom, on a simulator, and on the job as getting a commercial airline pilot s license. And to keep their licenses, all nuclear-plant operators must be regularly retested.
