When work stopped in 1988, the staff said unit one was 87 percent complete. But some parts were removed for (salvage), and others would need to be rebuilt to accommodate computer control. So the plant is now considered to be about 55 percent complete, the agency (estimated).
One member of the board, Dennis Bottorff, questioned whether it was smart to revive four decades later a plant that met the safety (standards) of the 1970s.
William R. McCollum Jr., the chief (operating) officer, replied that the T.V.A. would have to demonstrate to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the plant met the standards in force when it got its (construction) permit in 1974, and complied with all the bulletins and rule updates since then.
The board also approved adding pollution-control (devices) to several coal plants, and the purchase of an existing gas-fired plant, and approved a 2 percent rate increase.