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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 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 ...
Operator says at no time were employees or the community in danger. There is no timeline for it to return to service.
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 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.
On April 1, 2023, Georgia Power announced that Vogtle Unit 3 had made a connection to the grid and began supplying electricity for the first time, [81] and on May 29, Unit 3 reached its maximum designed power output. [82] Hot functional testing on Vogtle Unit 4 was completed on May 1, 2023. [83] It went into commercial operation in March 2024. [84]
About 720,000 electric ratepayers would have to pay another $2.3 billion of sunk project costs into the future, on top of the about $2 billion past higher power bills. [70] On March 6, 2023, Vogtle Unit 3 in Burke County, Georgia reached criticality for the first time, and it began commercial power generation on July 31, 2023.
Plant Vogtle Unit 4 reaches initial criticality in start up testing, says Georgia Power. The reactor is expected to become operational later this year.