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The U.S. government has given $8.3 billion of loan guarantees to help finance construction of the Vogtle reactors, [48] and a way forward to completing the plant has been agreed upon. [49] On July 31, 2017 Southern Company division, Southern Nuclear, took over construction from Westinghouse and opened a bid for a new construction management ...
The expansion project to add Units 3 and 4 was first authorized in 2009 and has been hit with multiple delays and cost overruns ever since. Plant Vogtle Unit 4 nuclear reactor reaches 100% power ...
The construction of Plant Vogtle’s Units 3 and 4 has been mired in budget overruns and delayed for years. When it comes online, Plant Vogtle’s Unit 3 will be the first new operating nuclear ...
In addition to the 800 permanent jobs created by the two new reactors, the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle employed more than 9,000 construction workers at the peak of the project, including ...
The turbines and electric generators are manufactured by General Electric. [3] Southern Nuclear is overseeing the licensing and construction of two new nuclear units at the Plant Vogtle site near Augusta, Ga. Vogtle 3 and 4 will be among the first new nuclear plants built in America in more than 30 years.
English: Vogtle Unit 3 Condenser B time-lapse video. The Condenser B Lower Shell was placed into the Vogtle Unit 3 turbine island on March 26, 2014. Weighing approximately 1.4 million pounds (717 tons), the component was set using the heavy lift derrick, Georgia, USA.
Plant Vogtle Unit 3 entered commercial operation on July 31, 2023, and is providing safe, reliable, emission-free energy to Georgia customers, according to a news release.
The expansion project to add Units 3 and 4 was first authorized in 2009 and has been hit with multiple delays and cost overruns since. The initial plan was to bring Unit 3 online in 2016 and Unit ...