The 800-megawatt unit appears to have found a dedicated power buyer for multiple decades.
Continue reading “Moving one step closer to a potential restart, closed Palisades Nuclear Plant secures important agreement”Vogtle Unit 3 Enters Commercial Operation
As of July 31, 2023, the unit will produce 1,100 megawatts of electricity that will power approximately 500,000 homes and businesses for the next 60 to 80 years, or until 2083 or 2103 AD…
Continue reading “Vogtle Unit 3 Enters Commercial Operation”Vogtle Unit 3 Synced to Grid at 25% Power for First Time
Georgia Power made the announcement on April 1, 2023…
Continue reading “Vogtle Unit 3 Synced to Grid at 25% Power for First Time”Vogtle Unit 4 Begins Hot Functional Testing
Testing began approximately two weeks after Unit 3 achieved criticality for the first time…
Continue reading “Vogtle Unit 4 Begins Hot Functional Testing”Making Progress in Advanced Nuclear – Molten Chloride Test System Installed
The latest milestone in a Southern Company-TerraPower partnership that began in 2015, the test system supports the molten chloride reactor experiment at Idaho National Labs.
Continue reading “Making Progress in Advanced Nuclear – Molten Chloride Test System Installed”Vogtle Unit 3 Loads Fuel
Fuel loading began on October 13, 2022. The first fuel assemblies began arriving on site in December 2020.
Continue reading “Vogtle Unit 3 Loads Fuel”NRC Ends Discussion Over 40-Year License Renewal, Quashing 100-Year Plant Operation For Now
On June 22, 2021, the NRC issued a memorandum with its decision, reasoning, and recommendations…
Continue reading “NRC Ends Discussion Over 40-Year License Renewal, Quashing 100-Year Plant Operation For Now”60 Years of Nuclear Power in Space
The reactor wasn’t very powerful, but it was NASA’s first nuclear-powered satellite…
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