Georgia Power officials said Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle has reached 100% power output, as the first reactor in a two-unit expansion at the site in Waynesboro, Georgia, nears commercial operation.

Vogtle Unit 2. Source: NRC. WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s largest nuclear plant declared an emergency alert Tuesday after an electrical transformer caught fire. The fire, described as small ...

But even opponents of Vogtle say the United States can’t achieve carbon-free electricity without nuclear power. Jacob’s group modeled how Southern Co. could achieve zero-carbon generation by 2035.

The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant is a nuclear power plant in eastern Georgia near the South Carolina border. It has two existing nuclear reactors that have been in operation since the ...

Visiting Plant Vogtle was a priority for Bradley R. Crowell, who about a year ago took his seat on the the five-member presidentially appointed Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This week he toured ...

Georgia Power announced Monday that the first of two nuclear reactors under construction at Plant Vogtle, in Burke County, has achieved “initial criticality,” meaning engineers have begun ...

FILE - Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Residential customers of Georgia's largest ...

The Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. declared an alert at around 12 p.m. on Monday. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< According to Georgia Power the alert issued means something has ...

Georgia Power announced Monday that the first of two nuclear reactors under construction at Plant Vogtle, in Burke County, has achieved “initial criticality,” meaning engineers have begun ...

JEA signed the agreement in 2008 with MEAG, which is a part-owner of Plant Vogtle, at a time when nuclear power cost less and the utility wanted to expand non-carbon fuel sources. Cost overruns ...