Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

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Active reactors ( gross ):

The nuclear power plant Vogtle is a U.S. power plant on the Savannah River near Waynesboro, Burke County in the eastern part of the state of Georgia. The river where it forms the border to eastern South Carolina. The nuclear power plant is located about 40 kilometers south of Augusta. The power plant will be expanded and then double its performance. Since 1978, the country no longer building had been approved.

The name of the power plant was awarded in honor of Alvin W. Vogtle, former chairman from 1969 until 1985. Vogtle was known among other things for its multiple filmed war experiences in Nazi Germany and in 1994 died of heart failure at the age of 75 years.

Owner and operator

The power plant has the following shareholders:

  • Georgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company ( 45.7%)
  • Oglethorpe Power Corporation (30%)
  • Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia ( 22.7%)
  • City daltons (1.6%)

The operator / licensee is the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, also a subsidiary of Southern Company. The nuclear power plant is one of two nuclear plants of Georgia Power and one of three nuclear power plants in the system of Southern Company.

Reactors

Both blocks are pressurized water reactors from Westinghouse. The turbines and generators come from General Electric. Block 1 has a net output of 1109 MW and a gross capacity of 1203 MW. The net output of the second reactor block is 1127 MW, the gross capacity is 1202 MW. The containment enclosing the reactor, the reactor coolant system and other nuclear components consisting of reinforced concrete and carbon steel.

Construction

On August 1, 1976, the start of construction for both blocks was carried out. During construction, the cost of an estimated 660 million dollar rose to $ 8.87 billion.

Operation

On March 27, 1987, the first block was first synchronized with the grid, he took the commercial operation on June 1, 1987. Block 2 was first synchronized on April 10, 1989 with the net and went on May 20, 1989 in commercial operation.

In 1995, the nuclear reactor with the eight highest annual production was Vogtle - 1 worldwide, Block 2 was in 1997 and 1998, the ninth- highest with.

In 2000, Block 2 a new generation record of 10,337,818 MWh.

On 27 February 2008, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the request of the operator to increase the performance of the two blocks at each 1.7%. Thus, the net electrical output of Vogtle -1 increased to 1174 MW and that of Vogtle -2 to 1173 MW.

Shutdown

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC ) approved on 3 June 2009 for the Vogtle nuclear power plant after an the outstanding request of the operator of 27 June 2007, a renewal of the operating license for 20 years. Thus, block 1 now has a license to operate until January 16, 2047 Block 2 may stay until February 9, 2049 in operation. With this approval now have been 54 of 104 U.S. nuclear reactors over an operating license for 60 years.

New

The operator Southern Nuclear Operating Company has filed on 31 March 2008 an application for a combined construction and operating license ( combined license, COL ) for two AP1000 pressurized water reactors of the type that are to be built next to the existing nuclear power plant. The operator stated that there were new negotiations have been recorded with Westinghouse relating to the construction of two AP1000 in Vogtle. The two reactors are together have a capacity of 2,234 MW. On 8 April 2009 The Shaw Group announced that a consortium consisting of The Shaw Group and Westinghouse can begin to build the two new nuclear power plant units with the preparations. The order was placed by Southern Nuclear to the consortium was approved on 17 March 2009 by the Georgia Public Service Commission, which was necessary for the company to recover the construction and financing costs of the electricity consumers. On 26 August 2009, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved an application for an early site permit ( Early Site Permit, ESP) and also issued a limited work permit ( Limited Work Authorization, LWA). The application for the ESP was made ​​on August 15, 2006, which was followed for the LWA a year later. Through the LWA, the operator can base construction work such as the placement of retaining walls, leveling and preparing the foundation with lean concrete, the introduction of a subbase and laying waterproof sheets, make. The application for a combined construction and operating license ( combined license, COL ) of the operator, which must be issued before the start of construction, was approved by the NRC on June 9, 2008 for the official test procedures and should be checked by the end of 2011. On February 9, 2012 it was announced that the NRC has given its consent. The two new nuclear reactors to be 2016/2017 connected to AC power, but because of problems in the foundation area delayed the completion in 2012 by six months. The construction costs are calculated with $ 14 billion (about 10.5 billion euros ), according to operators up to 25,000 new jobs would be created temporarily.

A few kilometers north-east lies the 800 -square-mile Savannah River Site, a factory for the manufacture of nuclear weapons with about 10,000 employees.

Data of the reactor units

The nuclear power plant Vogtle has a total of two active and two planned blocks:

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