Board votes to restart utility's oldest nuclear reactor
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Posted 3:59PM on Thursday, May 16, 2002
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA - The Tennessee Valley Authority Board has voted unanimously to restart Unit One at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant. <br>
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The reactor at in northeastern Alabama is the oldest one the utility has. It was shut down in 1985 over safety concerns. <br>
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The three-member board didn't discuss how to pay the projected $1.8 billion cost of renovating the reactor. <br>
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The decision came at the board's meeting in Huntsville, Alabama.