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The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, also known as Plant Vogtle (/ ˈ v oʊ ɡ əl / VOH-gəl), [4] is a four-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia, in the southeastern United States.
Georgia electricity production by type. This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Georgia, sorted by type and name.In 2022, Georgia had a total summer capacity of 36,198 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 126,484 GWh. [2]
The plant was named for Edwin I. Hatch, president of Georgia Power from 1963 to 1975, and chairman from 1975 to 1978. In 2002, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) extended the operating licenses for both reactors for an additional twenty years.
Nuclear energy currently provides about 25% of Georgia Power’s overall energy mix, including the existing units at Plant Vogtle and Georgia’s other nuclear facility at Plant Hatch in Baxley.
The first American nuclear reactor to be built from scratch in decades is sending electricity reliably to the grid, but the cost of the Georgia power plant could discourage utilities from pursuing ...
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that Georgia Power Co. and its co-owners can begin loading fuel into unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta. Georgia Power, a unit of Atlanta ...
US nuclear power plants, highlighting recently and soon-to-be retired plants, as of 2013 (US EIA). Nuclear power plant locations and nameplate capacity of the top 10 states. Power plants map August 2016. This article lists the largest nuclear power stations in the United States, in terms of Nameplate capacity.
A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Wednesday, a key step toward providing carbon-free electricity. The unit of ...