Officials: TVA faces charges tied to nuclear site

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Officials: TVA faces charges tied to nuclear site

Source: Associated Press

BREAKING NEWS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Federal prosecutors are filing charges against the Tennessee Valley Authority over the only U.S. site where a nuclear reactor is under construction.

TVA spokesman Scott Brooks says the charges relate to the Watts Bar facility in Spring City, north of Chattanooga. He said he didn't know the specifics.

A U.S. Attorney's office statement said prosecutors won't discuss the case until a news conference later Thursday in Knoxville. The TVA inspector general is expected to attend.

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Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42248381/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

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