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Beleagured Vogtle nuclear project delayed yet again

 Southern Co.’s beleaguered Vogtle nuclear project is getting pushed back
again after the company discovered documentation issues that will delay
completion by as much as six months, prompting a $920 million charge.

The Unit 3 reactor may not go into service until March 2023 and Unit 4 may not
be complete until the end of next year, Chief Executive Officer Thomas
Fanning said in an interview Thursday. The delays are yet another setback
for the only nuclear plant under construction in the U.S.

The Vogtle project in Georgia is now about seven years behind schedule and costs have
doubled. The project will be the first new nuclear units built in the
country in the last three decades.

 Bloomberg 17th Feb 2022

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/the-only-nuclear-plant-being-built-in-the-u-s-is-delayed-yet-again-1.1724974

February 19, 2022 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, USA