Cold hydrostatic testing has been completed at the Vogtle-4 nuclear plant in the US state of Georgia, with commercial operation planned for late 2023.
Plant owner Georgia Power said the successful completion of testing was another critical milestone along the path to bringing online the first new nuclear units in the US for more than 30 years.
The two Westinghouse Generation III+ AP1000 plants at Vogtle are the only two commercial reactor units under construction in the US.
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