Westinghouse Sets Vogtle-4 As AP1000 Reactor Benchmark As It Prepares For Major Fleet Expansion
Move will make Georgia plant primary reference for licensing and enable rapid rollout of reactors
Vogtle-4
Vogtle-4 / AP1000 Goes Commercial, Bringing Number Of Reactors In US Fleet To 94
Industry hails major milestone, but project was plagued by cost overruns and delays
Vogtle-4 / US Nuclear Power Plant Reaches Maximum Output As Commissioning Gathers Pace
Testing to continue with commercial operation scheduled for second quarter
Vogtle-4 / US Nuclear Power Plant Connected To Grid For First Time
Westinghouse AP1000 unit could begin commercial operation during second quarter
Vogtle-4 / New US Nuclear Plant Reaches First Criticality, Commercial Operation Scheduled For Second Quarter
Unit is second Westinghouse-supplied AP1000 at delayed Georgia reactor project
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