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U.S. Marks Major Nuclear Milestone

As Georgia Reactor Enters Commercial Operation

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nuclear-vogtle_n_64c7f768e4b03ad2b89a08f7

The first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in the United States in a generation entered commercial operation on Monday following years of billion-dollar delays.

It’s a milestone moment that advocates hope will whet the nation’s appetite for more atomic power plants ? and reopen a fresh debate over what kinds of reactor technologies the U.S. should prioritize.

After 14 years of construction and financial woes that at one point bankrupted the legendary nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Unit 3 of Southern Company’s Alvin W. Vogtle Generating Plant split its first uranium atoms in March. With its final tests completed, the 1,100-megawatt reactor began full-scale electricity production this week near Georgia’s border with South Carolina.