U.S. Nuclear Plants

Vogtle
Georgia

Unit 1 Nuclear system supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
1,148	9,410,526	93.3 %	PWR	March 16, 1987	January 16, 2027
Unit 2 Nuclear system supplied by Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Capacity Net MW(e)	Generation in 2003 Megawatthours	Capacity Factor	Type	On-line Date	License Expiration Date
1,149	9,736,692	96.5%	PWR	March 31, 1989	Feb. 9, 2029

Description: This power plant is located in Burke County, near Augusta, Georgia. During Vogtle’s construction, costs skyrocketed from an estimated $660 million to $8.87 billion.

Ownership: The Southern Nuclear Operating Co. operates the plant. The reactors have multi-ownership as follows: Georgia Power Co. (45.7 percent), Oglethorpe Power Corp. (30 percent), Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (22.7 percent), and the Dalton Water & Light Sinking Fund Commission (1.6 percent).

The Impact of the Nuclear Industry on Georgia:

Vogtle Whale Still Fascinates
Highlights
Nuclear-provided Electricity Generation
Competition in the State Electricity Market
Environmental Trends: Emissions levels
Various Links to related sites.

Sources: Capacity, for purposes of this report, is the net summer capability as reported in Energy Information Administration (EIA) survey form 860, “Annual Electric Generator Report.” Capacity Factor is a calculation in which the maximum possible generation (based on net summer capability) is divided into the actual generation than multiplied by 100 to get a percentage. Generation is the electricity output reported by plant owners on EIA survey form 906. Type of Unit: All U.S. commercial reactors currently in operation are one of two types: BWR (boiling water reactor) or PWR (pressurized light water reactor). The type is identified in EIA’s Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report. Both the On-line Date and the License Expiration Date are reported annually in Information Digest by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

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