Nuclear Energy News in Georgia
| 2/14/2024 - Westinghouse Electric Company congratulated Southern Company, Georgia Power, project partners and the Vogtle team for achieving the initial criticality of self-sustaining nuclear fission at Unit 4. Pl... |
| 2/14/2024 - Georgia Power announced today that Unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia, has safely reached initial criticality. Initial criticality is a key step during the startup... |
| 9/28/2023 - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Phil Niebaum as
the new senior resident inspector at the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant. The
plant, operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Co., is locate... |
| 8/17/2023 - Georgia Power announced the process to load fuel into the Vogtle Unit 4 reactor core has begun at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Ga. Loading fuel marks a pivotal milestone toward startup and commercial... |
| 8/17/2023 - Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear, and other Vogtle project partners, on fuel load for the new Plant Vogtle Unit 4 AP1000® reactor near Waynesboro, GA. Vogtle... |
| 8/15/2023 - Mirion Technologies (NYSE: MIR), a leading provider of advanced radiation safety solutions, today announced a strategic design contract with X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC (“X-energy”), a leading devel... |
| 7/31/2023 - Oglethorpe Power, on behalf of the Georgia electric cooperatives it serves, commended the safe and successful achievement of commercial operation for Plant Vogtle Unit 3, which marks a historic accomp... |
| 7/31/2023 - North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) President Sean McGarvey issued the following statement: “NABTU congratulates Georgia Power, Southern Company and Bechtel on Plant Vogtle Unit... |
| 7/31/2023 - Bechtel, the engineering, procurement, and construction company brought in to complete construction on new Units 3 and 4 at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia, today issued the following statem... |
| 5/29/2023 - Georgia Power announced Vogtle Unit 3 has safely reached 100 percent power, marking a major milestone towards commercial operation and service for customers. This milestone marks the maximum energy th... |
| 5/10/2023 - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) completed an advisory service mission to Georgia focused on assessing the country's nuclear security regime for nuclear and other radioactive material out... |
| 4/1/2023 - Unit 3 successfully generates electricity, connects to grid for the first time Unit 4 Hot Functional Testing began last month Georgia Power announced it has achieved another importan... |
| 3/30/2023 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in Atlanta have selected
William Truss as the agency’s new resident inspector at Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Georgia. Truss joins NRC Seni... |
| 12/7/2022 - Georgia Power today announced the completion of cold hydro testing for Vogtle Unit 4 at the nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga. The completion of cold hydro testing is required to support t... |
| 11/3/2022 - ArcelorMittal (the ‘Company’) announces it has invested $25 million in nuclear innovation company TerraPower through its XCarb® Innovation Fund. The investment is part of an $830 million equity raise ... |
| 8/4/2022 - Bechtel congratulated Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear, and thousands of workers at the Vogtle project on the receipt of a historic regulatory finding from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Unit... |
| 7/29/2022 - Georgia Power announced completion of another important step in the construction of the new nuclear units at the Vogtle 3 & 4 nuclear expansion site near Waynesboro, Ga. The company shared that Southe... |
