The certified construction & capital costs for these two new units were originally $14 billion, according to the Seventeenth Semi-annual Vogtle Construction Monitoring Report in 2017. The units have suffered several delays and cost overruns. Natural-draft type cooling towers were also selected, and the two new cooling towers are nearly 600 ft (180 m) tall. Two additional units utilizing Westinghouse AP1000 reactors have been under construction since 2009. During the construction of Vogtle's first two units, capital investment required jumped from an estimated $660 million to $8.87 billion. In 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) renewed the licenses for both units for an additional 20 years to for Unit 1, and for Unit 2.
One natural-draft tower and two NSCW towers serve each unit. The twin natural-draft cooling towers are 548 ft (167 m) tall and provide cooling to the plant's main condensers.įour smaller mechanical draft cooling towers provide nuclear service cooling water (NSCW) to safety and auxiliary non-safety components, as well as remove the decay heat from the reactor when the plant is offline. Units 1 and 2 were completed in 19, respectively.Įach unit has a gross electricity generation capacity of 1,215 MW, for a combined capacity of 2,430 MW. It is named after a former Alabama Power and Southern Company board chairman, Alvin Vogtle.Įach unit is a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR), with a General Electric steam turbine and electric generator.
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, also known as Plant Vogtle ( / ˈ v oʊ ɡ əl/), is a four-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia, in the southeastern United States. Vogtle Electric Generating Plants with the original units 1 & 2 in the background, and units 3 & 4 expansion in the foreground
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