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On March 6, 2023, Vogtle Unit 3 reached criticality for the first time. The unit was connected to the grid on April 1 and entered commercial operation on July 31. [63] [64] [52] [65] On May 2, 2023, Georgia Power announced that Vogtle Unit 4 had completed hot functional testing which confirmed that the reactor was ready for its first fuel load ...
The initial plan was to bring Unit 3 online in 2016 and Unit 4 the year after. Unit 3 began producing electricity in April. The project has cost more than double the projected $14 billion.
The construction of Plant Vogtle’s Units 3 and 4 has been mired in budget overruns and delayed for years. When it comes online, Plant Vogtle’s Unit 3 will be the first new operating nuclear ...
The expansion project to add Units 3 and 4 was first authorized in 2009 and has been hit with multiple delays and cost overruns ever since. Plant Vogtle Unit 4 nuclear reactor reaches 100% power ...
Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company (SO), completes the condenser vacuum testing of the Unit 3 turbine system for one of its new units at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant.
English: Vogtle Unit 3 Condenser B time-lapse video. The Condenser B Lower Shell was placed into the Vogtle Unit 3 turbine island on March 26, 2014. Weighing approximately 1.4 million pounds (717 tons), the component was set using the heavy lift derrick, Georgia, USA.
Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4 is now supposed to start commercial operation sometime in the second quarter of 2024, or between April 1 and June 30. Second new Georgia reactor begins splitting atoms in ...
Plant Vogtle Unit 4 reaches initial criticality in start up testing, says Georgia Power. The reactor is expected to become operational later this year.