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Nuclear Matinee: Vogtle Construction Time-Lapse Video

July 26, 2013, 6:00AMANS Nuclear Cafe

A new time-lapse video shows early site preparation and containment vessel bottom head placement at the Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Georgia. Two new nuclear power reactors are scheduled to begin operations at Plant Vogtle in 2017 and 2018. Along with two units under construction at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina, these will be the first new nuclear units built in the United States in the last three decades. Enjoy the show!

Thanks to Georgia Power for producing this video.

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