Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted Revision 20 of the AP1000(R) Design Control Document (DCD) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which establishes Plant Vogtle Unit 4 as the ...

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A large dome is lowered onto a nuclear containment building at the Plant Vogtle nuclear energy facility in Waynesboro, Ga., March 22, 2019 (photo by Michael Holahan for The Augusta Chronicle via AP).

Two nuclear reactors in Georgia can look forward to operating until the middle of the century following a decision by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to award 20-year licence renewals to Vogtle 1 ...

Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted Revision 20 of the AP1000 ® Design Control Document (DCD) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which establishes Plant Vogtle Unit 4 as the ...