Hot functional testing at the Vogtle-3 nuclear power plant under construction in the US state of Georgia could begin in January 2021 followed by fuel loading in April 2021 and commercial operation in the third quarter of 2021, Georgia Power said in a notice to the Georgia Public Service Commission.
Georgia Power and Southern Nuclear, the companies building the Vogtle-3 and -4 Generation III Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear plants, recently said schedules for pre-commissioning tests had been revised because of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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