Daniel Dassow

6 days ago | timesfreepress.com | Daniel Dassow

The Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors on Thursday could not vote on the federal utility's long-term plan after President Donald Trump dismissed two members. The four remaining board members, one too few to reach a quorum for new business, heard its first report from new CEO Don Moul and briefings on finances and nuclear outages. The board met at the Putnam County Convention Center in Cookeville, Tennessee. The panel did not vote on anything other than minutes from its last meeting.

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Daniel Dassow

BWX Technologies bought a specialized uranium facility in Jonesborough and land in Oak Ridge as it grows in East Tennessee. Lynchburg, Virginia-based BWXT has around 8,700 employees across 15 major sites in the U.S. and Canada. The company produces fuel for U.S. Navy reactors at the Nuclear Fuel Services plant in Erwin, Tennessee, but its services go far beyond subs and aircraft carriers.

1 week ago | knoxnews.com | Daniel Dassow

Clayton, also known as Clayton Homes, prepares all year for the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Omaha. Warren Buffett's giant holding company bought Clayton in 2003 and finished buying Pilot in 2024. Clayton brought a CrossMod home to the meeting, which blends off-site and on-site building. Clayton, the Maryville-based home builder wholly owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, begins preparing for the company's next annual shareholder meeting as soon as the last one ends.

2 weeks ago | knoxnews.com | Daniel Dassow

Hundreds of former workers of the K-25 plant in Oak Ridge gathered for a second annual reunion on April 26. K-25, known as the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant during the Cold War, enriched uranium for U.S. nuclear weapons and power plants. The site was decommissioned in 1985 and demolished by 2020 in the first cleanup of a former uranium enrichment complex.

2 weeks ago | knoxnews.com | Daniel Dassow

The TVA Board of Directors will hold its May meeting in Cookeville, even after President Trump fired two members, leaving the board without a quorum. Four remaining board members nominated by President Biden will hear updates on the utility's finances and operations. Members of the public can sign up to speak at a public listening session the day before the May 8 meeting.