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In 2023, costs had increased to $34 billion, with work still to be completed on Vogtle 4. [3] Unit 3 began commercial operations on July 31, 2023, becoming the first new nuclear reactor in the United States in 7 years. [11] Unit 4 entered commercial operation on April 29, 2024. [17]
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 ...
Southern Nuclear previous logo. Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a nuclear energy power company.The company operates a total of seven units for Alabama Power and Georgia Power at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala.; the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near ...
Plant Vogtle Units 1 through 4 is the largest generator of clean energy in the country, according to executives with Georgia Power. Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are the first newly-constructed nuclear ...
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 ...
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.
The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. said operators reached self-sustaining nuclear fission inside the reactor at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta. Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4 is now supposed to ...
“Achieving 100% power is the latest milestone as we work to complete Unit 4 as a reliable, emission-free new energy source for Georgia,” according to a statement released by Georgia Power.