The project, which was supposed to start service in 2016, has run into a series of price hikes and scheduling delays the projected $14 billion price tag has more than doubled in the decade following its initial approval, prompting criticism from environmental and consumer advocacy groups who argue that investment in renewable power could save customers millions of dollars.Ĭhris Womack, chairman and CEO of Georgia Power, said the fuel loading shows “steady and evident progress” at Vogtle, and estimated service to begin in the first quarter of 2023. Plant Vogtle is located near Waynesboro in eastern Georgia near the South Carolina border and is jointly owned by Georgia Power (45. break away from the incumbent large thermal power plants as the dominating option (Meckling et al. subsidiary will become the main contractor for the Plant Vogtle expansion project, which is being built with Westinghouse’s AP1000 technology.
Next, startup tests will determine whether the plant’s cooling and steam supply systems work while fuel inside the reactor reaches super-high temperatures and pressures created by splitting atoms. Max hmana, Marlene Arensa, Valentin Vogla. Southern’s nuclear unit and Georgia Power Co. Please bookmark this page for future access, and revisit regularly as photos will be added on an ongoing basis. The photo gallery highlights the progress of the construction through pictures. in more than 30 years on the path to commercial operation.ġ57 fuel assemblies will be transferred into the reactor core at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta, in the coming days. Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are the first nuclear plants to be built in the United States in 30 years. Georgia Power has announced the latest milestones at the Vogtle nuclear expansion, including placement of the four main step-up transformers, each weighing 420,000 pounds, inside the Unit 4 transformer bays located near the unit’s turbine building. Georgia Power announced it has begun loading fuel into Plant Vogtle, putting the first new nuclear unit built in the U.S.
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