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Vogtle Unit 3 reaches initial criticality
/PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power today announced that Vogtle Unit 3 has safely reached initial criticality. Initial criticality is a key step during the startup...
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Following on the heels of this thread:
First new nuclear power plant since NRC Part 52 was issued gets its license - Vogtle is going live
When the NRC was formed (replacing the AEC) in 1975, overhauls were made to the regulation process. While it has, multiple times, been accused of "industry capture", since 1989, when Part 52 was imposed, it has not granted a single new operating license. However, on August 3rd, 2022, an...
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Vogtle Unit 3 has now attained first criticality.
ATLANTA , March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia Power today announced that Vogtle Unit 3 has safely reached initial criticality. Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence and demonstrates that -- for the first time -- operators have safely started the nuclear reaction inside the reactor. This means atoms are being split and nuclear heat is being made, which will be used to produce steam.
Unit 4 shouldn't be too far behind.