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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Final Unit 3 Coolant Pump Delivered To Vogtle Expansion Site

Final Unit 3 Coolant Pump Delivered To Vogtle Expansion Site

The final reactor coolant pump for Unit 3 at the Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion project has arrived at the construction site, Georgia Power announced.

The latest construction milestone took place late last week. The delivery was a big one. The pump weighs 187.5 tons or 375,000 pounds. It is the last of four huge coolant pumps designed for Unit 3. The pump arrived by truck delivery from Curtiss-Wright Corporation of Cheswick, Pa.

Construction crews are also notching continuous progress on the site, including the setting of the CA03 and CA02 modules in their respective places inside the Unit 3 nuclear island. Read more and comment http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/06/14/final-unit-3-coolant-pump-delivered-to-vogtle-expansion-site-061403#.V2Fp4Y6XQkh

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