and its contractor over cost and schedule overruns. Also mentioned is the view of Philip Hayet, an analyst with Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) that if a decision had to made to build a new nuclear power plant, it would not be justified.JudyScottEBSCO_AspEnr Engineering News Record...
In August 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued its fourth Early Site Permit for two new units at Southern Nuclear's Vogtle site and its first for the Westinghouse AP1000 pressurized water reactor design. The two new units planned for Vogtle also became the reference plant for ...
“Since the start, the Vogtle expansion project has been an investment in our energy future. Today, as we receive our first nuclear fuel shipment, we remain committed to realizing the benefits this project will provide not only to our customers, but also our state and our country,”...
TheGeorgia Public Service Commissionstaff and its nuclear consultants have attributed the project's massive cost overruns and repeated delays toGeorgia Power'sadoption of unreasonable and unachievable construction schedules, as well as its attempts to achieve the schedules at any cos...
Plant Vogtle is a nuclear power electric generating plant near Waynesboro, Georgia with two units currently in operation. When construction is complete and Units 3 and 4 are fully operational, they will add another 2,200 MW of electric generating capacity. Units ...
NRC resumes normal oversight at Southern Nuclear’s Vogtle plantNRC resumes normal oversight at Southern Nuclear’s Vogtle plantNRC has returned Southern Nuclear Operating Co.'s Vogtle-1 and -2 inrnGeorgia to normal oversight, after concluding that the operator hadrnproperly addressed a security fin...
Vogtle Nuclear Plant Falls More Behind Schedule, Experts Say; Even after Adding Extra Shifts, Workers Are Still Slowing Down ProgressByline: Walter C. Jones ATLANTA | Work to add two nuclear reactors to Plant Vogtle is...Jones, Walter C...
Vogtle Plant Target of Nuclear Protest; Environmentalists Make the Most of Chernobyl AnniversaryByline: Walter C. JonesJones, Walter C
The two 1,117-MW nuclear units under construction at Plant Vogtle inrnWaynesboro, Georgia, are unlikely to come online by June 2019 andrnJune 2020, respectively, the Georgia Public Service Commission'srnindependent monitor for the project and the lead analyst tracking thernproject at the PSC's...
Vogtle Latest Nuclear Plant To Install Emergency FLEX Dome.Southern Company and Georgia Power unveiled installation of disaster-resistant storage domeENR: Engineering News-RecordJudyScott