Georgia nuclear power plant construction. 1 2020 by associated press wire service content aug. By associated press wire service content aug. As construction continues georgia power remains focused on completing vogtle units 3 and 4 with safety and quality as top priorities.
By may 2015 regulators said there was a high probability that. The photo gallery highlights the progress of the construction through pictures. Vogtle electric generating plant in georgia is billions over budget and years behind scheduleand it just got saved.
Georgia power moved one step closer to fuel loading for its 22 gw vogtle nuclear plant expansion project by completing closed vessel testing on unit 3. In february 2013 georgia power asked to raise its share of the vogtle construction budget by 737 million to 685 billion. 1 2020 at 409 pm.
Vogtle electric generating plant also known as plant vogtle v o el is a 2 unit nuclear power plant located in burke county near waynesboro georgia in the southeastern united statesit is named after a former alabama power and southern company board chairman alvin vogtle. Construction costs are expected to increase monthly electric bills of customers of georgia power and other georgia electricity providers virtually all of which have partnered on the massive plant. The 25 billion construction project to add.
Plant vogtle units 3 and 4 will be the first new nuclear units built in the united states in the last three decades. Please bookmark this page for future access and revisit regularly as photos will be added on an ongoing basis. Vogtle unit 3 is expected in service in may 2021 with unit 4 coming online the following year according to georgia power and southern nuclear companys aggressive site work plan.