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Southern Nuclear

Operator of Vogtle 3 & 4 — the first new US reactors in a generation

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Operates 6 commercial reactors at three plants for parent Southern Company (NYSE: SO): Plant Vogtle 1-4 (Waynesboro, GA), Plant Hatch 1-2 (Baxley, GA), and Plant Farley 1-2 (Columbia, AL). Vogtle Units 3 & 4 are the first newly-built US reactors since 2016 and the only AP1000s currently in commercial service in the US.

Why it matters

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Southern Nuclear is the operational backbone of the only new large-reactor build the US has completed this century. Vogtle 3 (entered service 2023) and Vogtle 4 (2024) are the templated AP1000 design that any future US fleet build will reference for cost, schedule, and operations. Without their playbook, no one in the new-build wave has anything to learn from.

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