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KNOXVILLE -- The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking over security at its nuclear power plants. The nation's largest public utility has contracted guard services for its Browns Ferry, Sequoyah ...
9/11 brought extra security measures at TVA nuclear plants, federal buildings. September 11, 2021 at 12:50 a.m. | Updated September 10, 2021 at 10:35 p.m.
NASHVILLE -- Security forces at TVA's Sequoyah and Watts Bar nuclear plants would have authority to use deadly force to prevent sabotage at their facilities under legislation given final approval ...
TVA says other protective measures are in place to ensure the security of nuclear sites, so the nuclear industry is in the process of eliminating handguns that are not required to protect nuclear ...
SPRING CITY, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Valley Authority security officers at nuclear power plants will soon be prohibited from carrying handguns. WRCB-TV reports ( that the measure will be in ...
Scott Brooks, a TVA spokesman, said the Hartsville reservation is “more than an unfinished nuclear plant with a cooling tower.” “It’s an active TVA site subject to federal security ...
The return to an all-TVA guard force, like TVA had prior to 2002, should occur over the next fiscal year. TVA Chief Nuclear Officer Bill Campbell said Tuesday the agency's decision to employ its own ...