Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

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electric power station nuclear power plant pressurized water reactor

Vogtle Electric Generating Plant is a major nuclear power facility in Georgia, USA, notable for hosting some of the first newly constructed commercial nuclear reactors in the country in decades.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electric power station → nuclear power plant → pressurized water reactor → pressurized water reactor → pressurized water reactor → pressurized water reactor →
connectsTo	Georgia transmission network →
constructionOfUnits3And4Began	2010s →
coolingMethod	mechanical draft cooling towers →
coOwnedBy	Dalton Utilities → Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia → Oglethorpe Power Corporation →
country	United States of America →
energySource	nuclear fission →
fuelCycle	once-through →
gridConnectionDate	1987 → 1989 → 2023 → 2024 →
gridOperatorServed	Southeastern United States electric grid →
hasGenerationTechnology	light water reactor →
hasReactorUnit	Vogtle Unit 1 → Vogtle Unit 2 → Vogtle Unit 3 → Vogtle Unit 4 →
locatedIn	Burke County, Georgia NERFINISHED → Georgia →
locatedOn	Savannah River NERFINISHED →
namedAfter	Edwin I. Hatch Vogtle →
netElectricalCapacity_MWe	approximately 1100 → approximately 1100 → approximately 1200 → approximately 1200 →
notableFor	hosting first newly constructed U.S. commercial nuclear reactors in decades →
operatedBy	Southern Nuclear Operating Company →
ownedBy	Georgia Power →
primaryCoolingSource	Savannah River NERFINISHED →
reactorDesign	AP1000 → AP1000 →
reactorSupplier	Westinghouse Electric Company → Westinghouse Electric Company → Westinghouse Electric Company → Westinghouse Electric Company →
reactorType	pressurized water reactor →
regulatoryAuthority	U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission →
safetySystems	passive safety features in AP1000 units →
sector	electricity generation →
totalElectricalCapacity_MWe	over 4500 →
usesFuel	low-enriched uranium →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ("Vogtle Unit 1") → Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ("Vogtle Unit 2") → Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ("Vogtle Unit 3") → Vogtle Electric Generating Plant ("Vogtle Unit 4") →	hasReactorUnit
Burke County, Georgia ("Plant Vogtle") →	contains
Burke County, Georgia ("Plant Vogtle") →	hasNuclearPowerPlant
Southern Company →	owns