Vogtle
Four unit site including the first new US reactors of the 21st century, totaling about 4,700 MW.
Overview
Units 1 and 2 entered service 1987 and 1989. Units 3 and 4, Westinghouse AP1000s, came online 2023 and 2024 after bankruptcy, litigation and seven years of delays, the only new US units in a generation. The project became the reference case for nuclear construction economics.
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