TVA recently secured a license from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to receive, inspect and store new nuclear fuel for the reactor.
Westinghouse manufactured the fuel assemblies at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina and will ship the assemblies between late June and August 2011.
Watts Bar 2 is currently under construction, and fuel loading is expected to begin in 2012 at this facility.
Once licensed to operate by the NRC, the Unit 2 will add 1,180MW capacity to the TVA power system.
