Utility hit with backlash after troubling data emerges about its nuclear facilities: 'Fuel expenses are higher than projected'

Utility hit with backlash after troubling data emerges about its nuclear facilities: 'Fuel expenses are higher than projected'

When your most reliable energy source keeps calling in sick, customers tend to notice. What's happening? The Tennessee Valley Authority, which is a major utility serving more than 10 million people in the Southeast, is facing criticism after data revealed its nuclear reactors shut down unexpectedly 12 times over the past year.According to a WPLN News review of U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission records, these outages affected all seven of TVA's …