Georgia Power Orders First Nuclear Fuel For New AP1000 Reactor :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

Georgia Power Orders First Nuclear Fuel For New AP1000 Reactor :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: Georgia Power has ordered the first nuclear fuel load for Vogtle-3, the first nuclear fuel order to be placed in more than 30 years for a newly-designed reactor in the US.



The fuel order marks another milestone for the Vogtle expansion project near Waynesboro, Georgia. A group led by Georgia Power is spending close to $25bn adding two new Westinghouse AP1000 reactor units to the facility, which already has two pressurised water reactor units that began commercial operation in the late 1980s.