The fate of America's only nuclear plant under construction will be decided Thursday

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The fate of America's only nuclear plant under construction will be decided Thursday

by Josh Siegel | Dec 18, 2017, 12:01 AM

The Georgia Public Service Commission on Thursday is set to decide the fate of Plant Vogtle, the only nuclear reactor under construction in the U.S., which is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget.

At Thursday’s hearing, a commission made of five elected officials, all Republicans, will vote on whether to permit Georgia Power’s new plan for the project, which includes an updated cost projection and construction timeline, or to cancel it.

Georgia Power is estimating $12.2 billion in costs for its 45.7 percent share of the project, and for the reactors to be producing electricity by 2021 or 2022.

This cost estimate is nearly double the company’s original projection, and the timeline is five years behind schedule. The cost of the project for Georgia Power and its co-owners exceeds $20 billion.

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-fate-of-americas-only-nuclear-plant-under-construction-will-be-decided-thursday/article/2643697

[IsailedawayfromFR]

must also be the world's most expensive plant at $20 billion.

[Joe Wooten]

I won't say more at this time, BUT the fault is almost entirely that of Westinghouse senior management.

[Bigun]

I won't say more at this time, BUT the fault is almost entirely that of Westinghouse senior management.

Why does that not surprise me?

[kidd]

I won't say more at this time, BUT the fault is almost entirely that of Westinghouse senior management.

As an official explanation has not yet been provided, I've learned more from some of the contracted site QA guys.
- contracted workers and supervisors that don't understand the importance of a paper trail in nuclear work (resulting in lots of rework, engineering dispositions, etc.)
- overzealous government regulators (lots of rejected parts because of superficial cosmetic issues)
- unnecessary cumbersome design change procedures (which goes back to the Combined Construction and Operating License)

[IsailedawayfromFR]

It will be built after all.

Georgia regulators say nuclear reactors, nation’s first since 1978, will be finished
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/21/georgia-approves-us-first-new-nuclear-reactors/

[Suppressed]

It will be built after all.

Georgia regulators say nuclear reactors, nation’s first since 1978, will be finished
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/21/georgia-approves-us-first-new-nuclear-reactors/

Good news!

[Oceander]

It will be built after all.

Georgia regulators say nuclear reactors, nation’s first since 1978, will be finished
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/dec/21/georgia-approves-us-first-new-nuclear-reactors/

Good