Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed May 01, 2024
After 15 Years, Georgia Finally Completes Expansion of Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant
The second new nuclear unit at Plant Vogtle has entered commercial service, Georgia Power announced April 29, marking the end of the 15-year expansion of the nuclear power facility near Augusta, a project beset by years of delays and cost overruns....
Associated Press - Tue June 27, 2023
Contractors Digging Deep for Ventilation Shaft Construction
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) The U.S. Department of Energy says it's making progress on a new ventilation shaft at the nation's only underground nuclear repository that will allow the facility to ramp up operations as it disposes of tons of waste from decades of research and bomb making....
PR Newswire - Wed March 15, 2023
Georgia's Largest Project Reaches Critical Milestone
Georgia Power has announced that Vogtle Unit 3, which crews from Bechtel have been diligently working to complete, has safely reached initial criticality. Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence and demonstrates that — for the first time —operators have safely started the nuclear reaction inside the reactor....
Knoxville News Sentinel - Thu January 26, 2023
Nuclear Fuel Supply Facility Proposed in Tennessee for New Power Plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has asked residents in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Anderson County, for their input on a proposed facility that would create nuclear fuel in the city, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported Jan....
Associated Press - Tue August 09, 2022
TVA Wants to Build Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Tennessee
Considering a "new nuclear generation," the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) wants to move forward with plans to construct smaller nuclear reactors to help the federal utility achieve a long-time goal of being carbon-free by 2050....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 17, 2022
Bechtel Builds New Reactors at Georgia Power's Vogtle Plant
Bechtel and its subcontractors are putting in a herculean effort to complete the new nuclear reactors, Units 3 and 4, located at Georgia Power's Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga....
Business Wire - Tue December 28, 2021
Fluor-Led JV to Build New Nuclear Project in Amarillo, Texas
Fluor Corporation recently announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) selected Nuclear Production One LLC (NPOne) — a Fluor-led joint venture with Amentum — to lead the Y-12 National Security Complex and Pantex Plant Management and Operating (M&O) contract....
Associated Press - Wed November 17, 2021
New Mexico Officials Approve $100M Nuclear Waste Construction
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) State environmental regulators have cleared the way for work to continue on a multimillion-dollar ventilation shaft at the federal government's underground nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico....
Associated Press - Wed October 20, 2021
U.S. Nuclear Repository Completes Key Mining Project
After seven years of mining, federal officials said work to carve out the eighth disposal area at the U.S. government's underground nuclear waste repository is complete. Managers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant are planning to use the space beginning next year....
Associated Press - Wed July 14, 2021
Firms Planning Experimental Power Plant in Glenrock, Wyoming
GLENROCK, Wyo. (AP) Some communities would balk at the idea of a company building an experimental power source on the edge of town. Glenrock is not one of them. Before the end of the year, developers of a new type of nuclear power plant will decide which of four Wyoming towns will house their project, and Glenrock wants to be selected....
