Southern Nuclear, the operator of the Vogtle nuclear power plant, has installed the first steam generator at the third unit, currently under construction near Waynesboro, Georgia (United States).
The Vogtle plant has two operating pressurized water reactors manufactured by Westinghouse rated 1,215 MW each, which were commissioned in 1987 and 1989. It is jointly owned by Georgia Power (45.7%), Oglethorpe Power Corporation (30%), the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (22.7%) and Dalton Utilities (1.6%). It is one of Georgia Power's two nuclear facilities and is one of the three nuclear facilities in the US Southern Company system.
As per the expansion project, Georgia Power and Southern Nuclear will build two AP1000 units, Vogtle-3 and Vogtle-4, rated 1,117 MW each. The new units are under construction and are expected to be commissioned in 2019 and 2020, respectively. EPC contractor Westinghouse has been hit by financial setbacks from the projects (additional costs of US$4bn) and finally filed for bankruptcy in March 2017. Construction has continued uninterrupted despite this bankruptcy.
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