ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The main control room for Georgia Power's Vogtle Unit 3 is now in operation and testing plant systems, marking another significant milestone at the Vogtle ...

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.

Georgia Power has fallen months further behind on critical steps to start the first of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, despite having last revised its schedule only three months ago. And ...

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 ...

Southern Nuclear is moving forward with plans to build two new AP1000 Generation III+ nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. The two new plants are expected to enter commercial service in 2016 and 2017.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Inside the Vogtle Unit 3 containment vessel. Expand to read more Georgia Power Company As of March 27 there were more than 9,000 workers then on site, which is near Augusta, Ga. The workforce at ...

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 ...

ATLANTA, Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The main control room for Georgia Power's Vogtle Unit 3 is now in operation and testing plant systems, marking another significant milestone at the Vogtle ...