TVA Using One Of The World’s Largest Mobile Cranes To Replace Steam Generators At Watts Bar Nuclear’s Unit 2

On Friday, Tennessee Valley Authority announced that massive concrete cut-outs have been lifted from the top of Watts Bar Nuclear’s Unit 2 containment building using one of the largest mobile cranes in the world! Each section weighs 300,000-lbs. Skilled employees are working to remove and replace all 4 of the unit’s steam generators, which are large heat exchangers, turning super-heated water from the reactor to steam in a closed-loop system to turn a turbine-generator to make carbon-free energy. (Photo courtesy TVA)