Thu, 16 May 2013 18:10:41 CDT augusta.com
Southern Co. CEO Tom Fanning said cost overruns on the construction of two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle won't make a significant impact on customers' monthly power bills.
Wed, 15 May 2013 10:45:35 CDT pennenergy.com
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously rejected a challenge to licenses for construction of two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Georgia, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tue, 14 May 2013 22:26:08 CDT augusta.com
The EIS considered consequences and mitigation of severe accidents involving reactor core damage and the release of fission products," the judges wrote.
Thu, 02 May 2013 18:11:53 CDT reuters.com
Four new reactors are currently under construction at two sites in the southeastern United States: two at Scana Corp's Summer nuclear station in South Carolina and two at Southern Co's Vogtle station in Georgia.
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:06:40 CDT aikenstandard.com
He added that Aiken County residents living near the Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant are encouraged to pick up the potassium iodide tablets recently distributed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:30:20 CDT bizjournals.com
Security officials at Plant Vogtle have been alerted to weekend gunfire exchange between a trespasser and a security officer at a Tennessee nuclear plant, reports The Augusta Chronicle. "Our security forces at plants Farley, Hatch and Vogtle were notified immediately of the situation," Mark Sullivan, a spokesman for Southern Nuclear, told the Augusta paper. "Each plant has extensive security measures in place to protect the facility from intruders, and is overseen by the U.S.
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:18:33 CDT augusta.com
Plant Vogtle, which received the commission's fiorst-ever combined operating license in early 2012, is the first commercial nuclear plant to be built in the U.S. in decades. A second project, S.C. Electric & Gas Company's V.C.
Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:35:35 CDT augusta.com
A planned visit to Plant Vogtle this week by Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairwoman Allison Macfarlane was canceled due to illness, but veteran NRC member William Ostendorff will tour the project's construction site instead.
Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:19:28 CDT construction.com
Two years after the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crews at South Carolina Gas and Electric's V.C. Summer Unit 2 marked a more auspicious milestone - the first concrete pour at a U.S. nuclear powerplant in 30 years.
Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:16:56 CDT bloomberg.com
Thomas Fanning, chief executive officer of Southern Co., talks about the outlook for U.S. energy independence, the nation's housing market and the company's negotiations with the U.S. Department of Energy over loan guarantees to help build the Vogtle nuclear-power plant in Georgia.
