Unit 3 at Plant Vogtle, Georgia, has finally begun supplying clean and reliable energy to the power grid. This marks the first new reactor to go live in the US since 2016.
at Columbia University, the construction of Vogtle 3 and 4 started in June 2009 and faced delays in completion and higher costs than originally estimated. According to nuclear energy experts Matt Bowen, Rama T. Ponangi, and Andrew Evans from Columbia, the initial cost estimates for both reactors were $14 billion, and they were supposed to become operational in 2016 and 2017. However, the costs have significantly increased, reaching $30 billion, and unit 4 is still, as yet, to go live.
“This hadn’t been done in this country from start to finish in some 30-plus years,” Chris Womack, CEO of Atlanta-based Southern Co. toldin an interview. “So to do this, to get this done, to get this done right, is a wonderful accomplishment for our company, for the state, and for the customers here in Georgia," he added.
According to Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesperson Scott Burnell, the Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 began commercial operation near Spring City, Tennessee, in October 2016. Before this, the last new nuclear reactor to be activated was Watts Bar 1 in May 1996. Unsurprisingly, nuclear power advocates are thrilled at the latest news about Unit 3. “The commercial operation of Vogtle Unit 3 marks a significant achievement for the U.S. nuclear energy industry and a milestone in advancing global clean and reliable energy solutions,” Maria Korsnick, the CEO of the Nuclear Energy Institute, a nuclear industry advocacy group, said in a statement.
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