Georgia Power (part of the Southern Company group) has revised the schedule for the expansion of its Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia (United States) due to delays in completing testing and now plans to commission Vogtle-3 as of January 2022, instead of late 2021. The reactor is 98% complete but still faces risks of delays.
The Vogtle nuclear expansion project consists in adding two AP1000 reactors of 1,117 MW each (1,250 MW gross) on the site of the Vogtle nuclear power plant (currently composed of two 1,229 MW gross reactors commissioned in 1987 and 1989). The project is led by Georgia Power (45.7% of the plant), Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OGP, 30%), the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (22.7%) and held by Dalton Utilities (1.6%). The project, initially expected in 2016 at a cost of US$14bn, has been hit by years of delays and costs escalations. Construction was initially led by Westinghouse, which filed for bankruptcy in March 2017. However, construction has been moving forward uninterrupted even since then and the units should be fully operational by the end of 2022. According to the Public Service Commission of Georgia (United States), the cost of the two units will likely exceed the current U$17.1bn target, and it could reach US$26bn for all its owners.
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