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- Nuclear reactors and cooling towers of the four units of Plant Vogtle, a nuclear plant near Waynesboro, Ga., are shown on July 31, 2023. Georgia Power Co. announced Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, that Unit 4, at far right, is loading fuel, with the aim of sending power to the grid reliably by March 2024. Unit 4 and the now-operating Unit 3 and Unit 4 are the first new American reactors built from scratch in decades. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
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Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into a second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Thu,08/17/23-8:47PM , 1,117 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia, utilities said Thursday, putting the reactor on a path to begin generating electricity in the coming months.
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- This combination of 2017-2022 photos shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. Two top Republicans in the Georgia Senate say they will seek to pass a law in 2024 requiring social media companies to obtain a parent's permission for children to sign up for accounts. (AP Photo/File)
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Georgia kids would need parental permission to join social media if Senate Republicans get their way
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Mon,08/07/23-11:07PM , 323 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could join other states requiring children to have their parents' explicit permission to create social media accounts.
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- AP correspondent Shelley Adler reports on Nuclear Plant Georgia.
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The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Mon,07/31/23-6:22AM , 934 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — The first American nuclear reactor to be built from scratch in decades is sending electricity reliably to the grid, but the cost of the Georgia power plant could discourage utilities from pursuing nuclear power as a path to a carbon-free future.
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- Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Federal nuclear regulators announced on Friday, July 28, that they had cleared Georgia Power and its co-owners to load radioactive fuel into Unit 4, shown at right, the second of two new reactors on the site. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Fri,07/28/23-11:30AM , 780 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that Georgia Power Co. and its co-owners can begin loading fuel into unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta.
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