NRC may step up scrutiny of Vogtle project

One of the new Vogtle units in Georgia was shut down unexpectedly on last week for a valve issue that has been investigated and repaired.Southern Company spokesperson Jacob Hawkins confirmed...

As he joined with other state officials and community stakeholders at a celebration last week marking the completion of Vogtle Units 3 and 4, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said there’s potential...

Framatome was recently awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to perform mitigation of buried condenser feed pipes at a three-unit nuclear power plant in the United States.The France-based...

Unit 4 at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle has entered commercial operation, the company announced today. The new unit can produce enough electricity to power an estimated 500,000 homes and...

Vogtle Unit 4 synchronized and successfully connected to the electric grid on March 1, just two weeks after reaching initial criticality.This milestone is one of the final steps to completing...

Georgia Power’s Vogtle-4, located near Waynesboro, Ga., reached initial criticality this week, hitting a major milestone in the start-up of the reactor.The company announced the news on...

The long-awaited fourth unit at Plant Vogtle has hit another delay.Atlanta-based Southern Co. announced last week that vibrations in the cooling system in Unit 4 require additional work that...