SP Global - Tue August 25, 2020
Power Associaton Awaits $1.4B for Idaho Nuclear Plant
A Utah municipal power association is expecting an influx of $1.4 billion in federal funds for the modular reactor plant it is looking to build in Idaho, but association members are still deciding whether to go forward with the 720-MW project and the completion date has recently slipped, officials said....
Georgia Power - Wed June 03, 2020
Final Module Placed for Georgia Power's Vogtle Unit 3 Nuclear Plant Expansion
A massive water tank, or module, has been placed atop the containment vessel and shield building roof at Georgia Power's Vogtle 3 & 4 nuclear expansion project near Waynesboro, Ga. The installation represents the final module placement for Unit 3, marking another significant milestone for the project....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 26, 2019
First Nuclear Reactors Built in 30 Years Take Shape at Georgia Power Plant
Construction is ongoing for two new nuclear reactors, Units 3 and 4, at Georgia Power's Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga. — the first new nuclear reactors to be constructed in the United Stated in 30 years — that will provide electricity to more than 500,000 homes and businesses once operational....
Associated Press - Tue August 27, 2019
Plan to Build First Small U.S. Nuclear Reactors in Idaho Advances
BOISE, Idaho (AP) A plan to build the nation's first small modular nuclear reactors to produce commercial power is a step closer. A Utah-based energy cooperative said that it has sales contracts for enough carbon-free power to begin a license application process with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to build the reactors in eastern Idaho....
Associated Press - Tue September 25, 2018
The Latest: Georgia Nuclear Plant Gets Tentative Up Vote
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on budget overruns in construction of a Georgia nuclear power facility (all times local):8:00 p.m. The nation's only major nuclear power plant under construction appears to still be alive after the owners voted to push forward despite another multibillion-dollar cost overrun....
Associated Press - Tue September 18, 2018
Floating Nuclear Plant to be Dismantled in Texas
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) - Crews in Galveston have completed work on a World War II-era military cargo ship that previously served as a barge-mounted nuclear reactor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Sept....
Associated Press - Thu September 06, 2018
Developer Outlines Timeframe to Finish Alabama Nuclear Plant
HOLLYWOOD, Ala. (AP) A businessman says that he's assembled a group of nuclear engineering and construction firms to finish building an idled nuclear plant in northern Alabama in the next five to six years....
Associated Press - Tue August 28, 2018
Utah Energy Co-op Explores Nuclear Power Project in Idaho
LOGAN, Utah (AP) A small commercial nuclear reactor that a Utah energy cooperative wants to build in Idaho would be game-changing for energy customers if the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves the project, a high-ranking federal official said this week at a conference....
Wed December 27, 2017
Video: Major Concrete Placement Completed for Vogtle Unit 4
Significant progress continued the week of Dec. 18 at the Vogtle nuclear expansion site near Waynesboro, Ga., with the placement of nearly 1,300 cu. yds. of concrete inside the Unit 4 containment vessel....
The Associated Press - Thu December 21, 2017
Troubled $25B Nuclear Project Gets OK to Continue
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's utility regulators are allowing construction to continue on two new nuclear reactors, despite massive cost overruns for the multi-billion-dollar project. The unanimous decision Dec....
