1.3 million-pound Unit 3 Steam Generator arrives from South Korea

Latest delivery for Vogtle nuclear expansion illustrates global supply chain

ATLANTA, June 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power announced today the latest major international shipment to reach the Vogtle expansion site near Waynesboro, Ga. – the Unit 3 Steam Generator A. The steam generator, which was assembled in South Korea and shipped to the Port of Savannah, reached the site via train earlier this week. The steam generator is the latest international delivery illustrating the global supply chain in place supporting the first new nuclear units built in the United States in more than three decades.
The 1.3 million-pound, or 650-ton, steam generator is 82-feet long and is the second delivered to the site this year for Unit 3. Steam generators are heat exchangers used to convert water into steam using the heat produced in a nuclear reactor core. There are two steam generators per unit in the AP1000 design.

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