ATLANTA – A malfunction within the cooling system at the second of two additional nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle is forcing Georgia Power to delay the unit’s in-service date until the second quarter of this year.
Georgia Power announced Thursday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that vibrations associated with certain piping within the cooling system at Vogtle Unit 4 were discovered during start-up and pre-operational testing. The problem has been fixed.
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