Georgia’s second nuclear reactor comes online, may be most expensive power plant ever built at around $35B

The second of Georgia’s two new nuclear reactors enters commercial operation, putting a cap on a project that cost billions of dollars more and took years longer than originally predicted. Ta. Georgia Power Co. and other owners announced a milestone for Plant Bogle’s Unit 4 on Monday. Unit 4 will join an earlier new reactor […]
Russia and China are planning to build nuclear reactor on the moon to power settlements

It looks like Russia and China will have to have a joint desire to build a nuclear reactor on the moon to power future settlements. According to Yuri Borisov, CEO of Roscosmos, Russia’s equivalent of NASA, the construction of the reactor is a step toward unmanned missions relying on technological solutions that both countries aim […]
GA’s new reactor achieves nuclear fission, should begin commercial operation in spring

Georgia Power said Wednesday that a nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of two new reactors, a significant step toward providing carbon-free electricity. It was announced that there is. A division of Atlanta-based Southern Corp. announced that its operators have reached self-sustaining nuclear fission in a reactor at Plant […]
Iran Announces Construction on Another Nuclear Reactor

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Vice President Mohammad Eslami announced on Monday that construction of a fourth nuclear reactor has begun in the city of Isfahan. Eslami said the “process of pouring concrete into the foundation of the reactor” is currently underway.his office Said Iranian state media reported that once completed, the 10-megawatt reactor […]
Nuclear reactor in Georgia delayed due to vibrations in cooling system

Georgia Power announced Thursday that vibrations found in the cooling system of its second new reactor will delay the reactor’s start of power generation. Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4, the largest subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Corp., won’t begin commercial operations until sometime in the second quarter of 2024, or between April 1 and June 30. Announced. […]