Juliann Edwards

  • Atomic plant Vogtle, is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, Georgia in USA. Each unit has a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR), with a General Electric turbine and electric generator, producing approximately 2,400 MW of electricity. The site is seeing the ‘rebirth’ of nuclear power in USA with the on going construction two Westinghouse made AP 1000 reactors considered very safe. The world’s largest land crane cane be seen also nuclear waste canisters (Photo by Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images)Commentary

    The U.S. must pursue ‘fleet-scale’ nuclear development to ensure the lessons learned at Vogtle won’t be for naught

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