The final reactor coolant pump for Unit 3 at the Vogtle nuclear power plant expansion project has arrived at the construction site, Georgia Power announced.
The latest construction milestone took place late last week. The delivery was a big one. The pump weighs 187.5 tons or 375,000 pounds. It is the last of four huge coolant pumps designed for Unit 3. The pump arrived by truck delivery from Curtiss-Wright Corporation of Cheswick, Pa.
Construction crews are also notching continuous progress on the site, including the setting of the CA03 and CA02 modules in their respective places inside the Unit 3 nuclear island.
This completes the placement of the “Big Six” modules for Unit 3. Recent milestones also include completion of the Unit 4 cooling tower, which rises to a vertical height of 601 feet.
Currently, the CA01 module for Unit 4 is under construction at the site's modular assembly building at the site near Waynesboro, Ga.