Fuel loading starts at Plant Vogtle Unit 4
ATLANTA – Fuel loading has begun at the second of two new nuclear reactors being built at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle. The first of the new reactors – Unit 3
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ATLANTA – Fuel loading has begun at the second of two new nuclear reactors being built at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle. The first of the new reactors – Unit 3
US utility Georgia Power started loading fuel into the reactor core of the new Unit 4 at the Vogtle nuclear power plant on 17 August.
Workers have commenced the process of loading radioactive fuel into the second newly constructed reactor at a Georgia nuclear plant.
The process of loading the 157 fuel assemblies into the core of the second AP1000 reactor at the site is pivotal for the reactor, which has a projected in-service date of late this year or early in 2024.
Milestone is pivotal prior to startup testing and commercial operation ATLANTA, Aug. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power announced today the process to load fuel into the Vogtle Unit 4 reactor...