Nuclear power now makes up about 25% of the generation of Georgia Power, the largest unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co.

First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.

  • Chris Ely@fosstodon.org
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    1 year ago

    I suspect they mean it’s not just continuing a project that protestors managed to get suspended after Chernobyl or Three-Mile Island or Fukushima.

    A new project with a new reactor design that was actually seen through to the point of producing electricity has been more challenging in the USA than it should ever have been.

    @Uno