Chris Reneau
The Tennessee Valley Authority has named new leadership for its Watts Bar nuclear plant. Chris Reneau was named site vice president for the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City, effective June 12. Current Watts Bar Site Vice President Tony Williams will step into the role of vice president, outage services and supplemental resources for TVA’s entire nuclear fleet.
“Chris brings proven, operationally focused leadership experience within TVA and from his time in the U.S. Navy,” said Tim Rausch, TVA’s chief nuclear officer. “We also thank Tony for his leadership while at Watts Bar and look forward to his continued leadership in TVA Nuclear. Together with our other talented team members, both Chris and Tony will help us continue our journey to be the top nuclear fleet in the nation.”
Mr. Reneau most recently served as vice president for operations support at the TVA Nuclear Fleet Center in Chattanooga. He joined TVA in 2009 after serving in the U.S. Navy. Since joining TVA, Mr. Reneau has held multiple, key leadership roles including senior manager Systems Engineering, senior manager Design Engineering, site Engineering director, and director of Operations before becoming plant manager at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in 2021. He obtained his senior reactor certification at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant.
Mr. Reneau holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from The Citadel and an executive MBA from UTC.
Watts Bar is TVA’s second largest nuclear plant—its two pressurized water reactors produce about five percent of TVA’s total generation capacity.