Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Vogtle_Electric_Generating_Plant
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:annualGeneration over 17,000 GWh (projected with all units)
gptkbp:commissioned 1987
1989
2023
gptkbp:constructionDelays yes
gptkbp:constructionStartUnit3 2013
gptkbp:constructionStartUnit4 2013
gptkbp:coolingSource gptkb:Savannah_River
gptkbp:costOverruns yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:designedBy gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_Company
gptkbp:employs over 800 people
gptkbp:features passive safety systems (AP1000)
gptkbp:fuelType enriched uranium dioxide
gptkbp:gridConnection gptkb:Georgia_Transmission_Corporation
gptkb:Southeastern_U.S._electric_grid
gptkbp:gridConnectionUnit3 2023
gptkbp:gridConnectionUnit4 2024
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
gptkbp:latitude 33.1375
gptkbp:location gptkb:Burke_County,_Georgia,_United_States
gptkbp:longitude -81.765
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alvin_W._Vogtle
gptkbp:notableFor first new nuclear reactors built in the U.S. in the 21st century
largest generator of clean energy in Georgia
gptkbp:numberOfReactors 4
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Southern_Nuclear_Operating_Company
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Southern_Company
gptkbp:reactorModelUnit3 gptkb:AP1000
gptkbp:reactorModelUnit4 gptkb:AP1000
gptkbp:reactorSupplier gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_Company
gptkbp:reactorType gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:U.S._Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission
gptkbp:serves Dalton Utilities customers
Georgia Power customers
Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia customers
Oglethorpe Power customers
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:unit1Capacity 1,215 MW
gptkbp:unit1ReactorType gptkb:Westinghouse_4-loop_PWR
gptkbp:unit2Capacity 1,215 MW
gptkbp:unit2ReactorType gptkb:Westinghouse_4-loop_PWR
gptkbp:unit3Capacity 1,117 MW
gptkbp:unit3FirstCriticality March 2023
gptkbp:unit3ReactorType gptkb:AP1000_PWR
gptkbp:unit4Capacity 1,117 MW
gptkbp:unit4Commissioned 2024
gptkbp:unit4FirstCriticality February 2024
gptkbp:unit4ReactorType gptkb:AP1000_PWR
gptkbp:website https://www.southerncompany.com/our-business/southern-nuclear/vogtle.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Southern_Company
gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_(current,_nuclear_business)
gptkb:Westinghouse_Electric_Company
gptkb:Vogtle_nuclear_power_plant_loan_guarantee
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5