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The hot functional testing of unit 4 at the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia has been completed a few months after the cold hydro testing was completed. This was revealed by the Georgia Power Co. The tests involved heating up the reactor to the extreme pressure and temperature required to split atoms.
The successful completion of the test welcomes the loading of radioactive fuel into the reactor. However, the latter still awaits completion of construction documentation and approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
This could take approximately 2 to 3 three months according to Southern Co. The loading of fuel could therefore begin sometime between July and October 2023. The commercial operation of the reactor on the other hand could begin between December 2023 and March 2024.
Project Overview
The Vogtle Electric Generating Plant is a two-unit nuclear power plant that is located in Burke County, Georgia, and is named after a former Southern Company and Alabama board chairman, Alvin Vogtle.
Both of the units have a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR) with a General Electric steam turbine and electric generator and were completed in 1987 and 1989; they both produce a combined capacity of 2,430 MW. |
