Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
At the crack of dawn on June 28, 2025, a crowd gathered on the bank of the Clinch River near Oak Ridge, Tennessee to watch the demolition of the smokestacks at TVA's Bull Run Fossil Plant. The plant was decommissioned in 2023 due to a combination of high operating costs and a relatively low generating capacity; it will now be rebuilt to house a prototype fusion reactor.
At the crack of dawn on June 28, 2025, a crowd gathered on the bank of the Clinch River near Oak Ridge, Tennessee to watch the demolition of the smokestacks at TVA's Bull Run Fossil Plant. The plant was decommissioned in 2023 due to a combination of high operating costs and a relatively low generating capacity; it will now be rebuilt to house a prototype fusion reactor.
