nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in operation: Today in Energy, December 26, 2023. With a new reactor starting up at Georgia's Vogtle plant, is the United States getting back into nuclear power? Less electricity was generated by coal than nuclear in the United States in 2020: Today in ...
A Bechtel-led construction team today placed the massive reactor building dome on Unit 4, the second of the only two new nuclear units currently under construction in the Unites States: Plant Vogtle’s Units 3 and 4 in Waynesboro, Georgia. Weighing approximately 1.5 million pounds – more than...
"There is clear evidence that Vogtle 3 and 4 will be very expensive sources of power," Schlissel said. "Our analysis found the costs of power from Vogtle 3 and 4 will be five times as expensive as the same amount of electricity obtained from renewable sources, such a...
LCG, December 21, 2017--The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) today unanimously approved Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power's recommendation to complete construction of Vogtle Units 3 and 4. The project's owners have agreed to new penalties for delays ...
Utilities in other parts of the country haven't shown much appetite for new nuclear power plants, either. The only reactors currently under construction, at Southern Co.'s Vogtle power plant in Georgia, are five years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. ...
Sanmen Unit 1,” said David Durham, Westinghouse New Projects Business senior vice president. “I am confident that our teams will continue to operate at the highest levels – at Sanmen, as well as the Haiyang and Vogtle projects and in our ongoing support of the worldwide operating fleet....