Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

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Vogtle Electric Generating Plant is a major nuclear power facility in Georgia, USA, notable for hosting some of the first newly constructed commercial nuclear reactors in the country in decades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf electric power station
nuclear power plant
pressurized water reactor
pressurized water reactor
pressurized water reactor
pressurized water reactor
connectsTo Georgia transmission network
constructionOfUnits3And4Began 2010s
coolingMethod mechanical draft cooling towers
coOwnedBy Dalton Utilities
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
Oglethorpe Power Corporation
country United States of America
energySource nuclear fission
fuelCycle once-through
gridConnectionDate 1987
1989
2023
2024
gridOperatorServed Southeastern United States electric grid
hasGenerationTechnology light water reactor
hasReactorUnit Vogtle Unit 1
Vogtle Unit 2
Vogtle Unit 3
Vogtle Unit 4
locatedIn Burke County, Georgia
Georgia
locatedOn Savannah River
namedAfter Edwin I. Hatch Vogtle
netElectricalCapacity_MWe approximately 1100
approximately 1100
approximately 1200
approximately 1200
notableFor hosting first newly constructed U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in decades
operatedBy Southern Nuclear Operating Company
ownedBy Georgia Power
linked to: Southern Company
primaryCoolingSource Savannah River
reactorDesign AP1000
AP1000
reactorSupplier Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
reactorType pressurized water reactor
regulatoryAuthority U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
safetySystems passive safety features in AP1000 units
sector electricity generation
totalElectricalCapacity_MWe over 4500
usesFuel low-enriched uranium

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Southern Company owns Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Burke County, Georgia contains Plant Vogtle
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Burke County, Georgia hasNuclearPowerPlant Plant Vogtle
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant hasReactorUnit Vogtle Unit 1
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant hasReactorUnit Vogtle Unit 2
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant hasReactorUnit Vogtle Unit 3
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant hasReactorUnit Vogtle Unit 4
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Waynesboro, Georgia locatedNear Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Southern Nuclear Operating Company operates Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Southern Nuclear Operating Company operatesUnit Vogtle Unit 1
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Southern Nuclear Operating Company operatesUnit Vogtle Unit 2
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Southern Nuclear Operating Company operatesUnit Vogtle Unit 3
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Southern Nuclear Operating Company operatesUnit Vogtle Unit 4
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
AP1000 examplePlant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 3
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
AP1000 examplePlant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Unit 4
linked to: Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Southeastern United States electric grid hasMajorNuclearPlant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Edwin I. Hatch Vogtle hasNotableWork Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Edwin I. Hatch Vogtle hasEponym Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
Edwin I. Hatch Vogtle hasNotableEponym Vogtle Electric Generating Plant