Southern Company Receives Limited Work Authorization To Begin Site Preparation For Two New Nuclear Plants Near Augusta GA

• 
  
• 
  

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a Limited Work Authorization (LWA) to Southern Nuclear Operating Company to begin preparing for the construction of two Westinghouse AP-1000 nuclear power plants. The LWA came on the heels of the NRC’s decision to issue an Early Site Permit (the fourth ESP for a nuclear power plant issued so far) declaring that the Vogtle site, which already hosts two 1215 MWe Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR), could support the construction and operating of two additional units without significant additional safety or environmental impacts.

http://atomicinsights.com/southern-company-receives-limited-work-authorization-to-begin-site-preparation-for-two-new-nuclear-plants-near-augusta-ga/