If you want to buy a shuttered, unfinished nuclear plant, it's now available.

The TVA board of directors on Thursday voted to declare the plant in northeast Alabama as surplus so it can be offered for sale, the public utility announced.

TVA first publicly floated the idea of selling Bellefonte in February.

The plant, located just outside Scottsboro along the Tennessee River in Jackson County, has been preserved for potential future use. But TVA said Thursday that projections indicate the plant won't be needed to be brought online for at least 20 years.

"We sought public comments on whether to sell or keep the property and for what uses," TVA President and CEO Bill Johnson said in the announcement. "Our analysis of the property and its potential uses, and input from public officials, customers and (Tennessee) Valley residents, indicate that offering the property for sale could better serve the public." With the board's vote, TVA will now begin the process of getting the property ready for auction.

The plant site has 1,600 acres on a peninsula on the Guntersville Reservoir. It includes two partially constructed B&W pressurized light water reactors as well as associated facilities. The complex also includes office buildings, warehouses, a training center, parking lots, railroad spurs and a helicopter landing pad.