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First-Ever Additively Manufactured Debris-Filtering Bottom Nozzles Installed at Farley Nuclear Plant

June 27, 2024 admin accident tolerant fuel, ATF, Business, debris, engineering, Fuel, fuel cladding, full coverage, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, nuclear reactor, power, Research and Development, Safety, southern nuclear, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:52:34 +0000

Southern Nuclear, a subsidiary of Southern Company and operator of more than 8.2 GW of nuclear power capacity, said it has completed the installation of lead test assemblies with additively […]

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The POWER Interview: Miss America Talks Importance of Nuclear Power

June 9, 2023 admin aps, arizona public service, Georgia Power, grace stance, Interview, miss america, miss america 2023, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, palo verde generating station, plant vogtle, power, renewable energy, Renewables, Solar, Southern Co., southern nuclear, Technology, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 21:23:35 +0000

The U.S. nuclear power industry has an ally with a unique platform to spread the sector’s message of providing reliable, clean electricity. Meet Grace Stanke. She’s not just a student […]

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Pipe Issue Delays Startup of New Vogtle Nuclear Unit

January 11, 2023 admin delay, Georgia, news, Nuclear, Pipe, power, reactors, southern nuclear, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:08:11 +0000

Startup of the first of two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia is being pushed back to at least April, one month after officials with Georgia Power had planned to start generating electricity from the unit. Georgia Power, part of Atlanta-based Southern Co., announced the latest setback for the oft-delayed two-unit expansion […]

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Southern CEO: Vogtle Still on Track for 2022-2023 Start

April 28, 2022 admin expansion, Georgia Power, news, Nuclear, Southern Co., southern nuclear, tom fanning, units 3 and 4, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 22:53:01 +0000

Southern Co. CEO Tom Fanning said the group continues to stick to its most-recent timeline for startup of the two-unit expansion of the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia, telling participants in the company’s first-quarter 2022 earnings call that construction is pacing well, with fuel load for Unit 3 expected later this year. “Importantly, the […]

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Moving Toward Mainstream—The Rise of Renewable Goals

March 2, 2020 admin Coal, dandelion energy, Gas, gencell, google, guzman energy, kit carson electric cooperative, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Solar, solar simplified, Southern Co., southern nuclear, tri-state generation and transmission, Wind

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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More states are setting targets for renewable energy. Cities and counties are joining in. Utilities are formalizing commitments. And economics, as always, play a major role. The transition to clean energy

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Southern Nuclear Adds New Power Plant Simulators

August 15, 2019 admin connected plant, gse systems, iiot, iiot power, Instrumentation & Controls, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, plant simulator, Safety, simulator, southern nuclear, Technology, workforce

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:52:48 +0000

GSE Systems said it has delivered and commissioned three additional full-scope simulators for Southern Nuclear’s new Operations Training Centers. The simulators are for the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, and the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant. Simulators provide efficient hands-on learning for power plant operators. While power plants of […]

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How Nuclear Hybrids Could Redefine the Industry’s Future

August 1, 2019 admin arizona public service, Business, desalination, DOE, eastman, Exelon, framatome, hybrids, iaea, inl, International, national laboratories, news, nrel, Nuclear, nuclear economics, ornl, pacific gas & electric, Pakistan, pwrs, Renewables, Research and Development, southern nuclear, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The world’s nuclear sector is struggling to stay economically afloat amid a deluge of renewables and natural gas power, and reinvigorating it will require operational flexibility from new or existing

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Vogtle 2 Installs World’s First Full Accident-Tolerant Fuel Assemblies

April 5, 2019 admin ATF, Business, cea, DOE, EDF, framatome, France, Fuel, Georgia Power, gnf, hatch, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, southern nuclear, Technology, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:45:46 +0000

The world’s first complete advanced fuel test assemblies containing accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) have been installed at Southern Co.’s Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant’s Unit 2 in Georgia. Nuclear giant Framatome delivered the GAIA lead fuel assemblies containing enhanced ATF (EATF), including both pellets and cladding, to the plant owned by Georgia Power in January. […]

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Plagued by Grim Challenges, Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Lags Behind Schedule, Says Oversight Consultant

December 6, 2018 admin bechtel, Business, construction oversight, costs, cpt, delays, Georgia Power, georgia psc, labor shortages, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, nuclear construction, Plant Design, Southern Co., southern nuclear, Technology, Vogtle, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:36:55 +0000

The two-unit Vogtle expansion in Georgia faces major challenges that are poised to derail its schedule and ramp up costs—and the project is already behind schedule, a consulting firm tasked with construction oversight of the project told regulators. In revealing testimony filed with the Georgia Public Service Commission’s (PSC’s) public interest advocacy staff on November […]

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Oglethorpe Agrees to Continue Vogtle Nuclear Project with Conditions; Final Vote Still to Come

September 26, 2018 admin bankruptcy, Business, dalton utilities, Georgia Power, jea, Legal & Regulatory, Legislative, meag power, news, Nuclear, oglethorpe power, Southern Company, southern nuclear, toshiba, Vogtle, Westinghouse

Owners of the beleaguered Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project have voted—at least for now—to continue construction of two new AP1000 reactors at the site near Waynesboro, Georgia. Directors of the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (MEAG Power) and Oglethorpe Power on September 24 each agreed the oft-delayed and increasingly over-budget project should move forward, although […]

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