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State’s Largest Project Reaches Critical Milestone Georgia Power has announced that Vogtle Unit 3, which crews from Bechtel have been diligently working to complete, has safely reached initial criticality. Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence and demonstrates that — for the first time —operators have safely started the nuclear reaction inside the reactor. Achieving initial criticality is necessary to continue the startup of the unit in order to generate sufficient heat for the production of electricity. These new reactors are the first to be constructed in the United States in the past 32 years. A third and a fourth reactor were approved for construction at Vogtle by the Georgia Public Service Commission in 2009. The company now said Unit 3 could begin commercial operation in May or June. Unit 4 is projected to begin commercial operation sometime between this November and March 2024. Southern Nuclear will operate the new units on behalf of the co-owners Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities. The cost of the third and fourth reactors was originally supposed to be $14 billion. The reactors are now supposed to cost more than $30 billion. “We knew building the first new nuclear units in the U.S. in more than 30 years would be challenging, but the project has endured extraordinary circumstances during construction, including the pandemic as the most recent,” said Jeff Wilson, Georgia Power spokesman. “Through it all, the project has endured and overcome multiple challenges. Vogtle 3 and 4 remains a critical investment for this state and, once the see POWER page 8
Georgia Power has announced that Plant Vogtle’s Unit 3 has accomplished a key step toward reaching commercial operation at the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in decades in the United States.
Coca-Cola, County Officials Break Ground On $85M Project
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The project includes expanding the existing warehouse by approximately 26,000 sq. ft., installing a warehousing system and optimizing distribution operations that will benefit associates, customers and communities in Macon-Bibb County and surrounding areas.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company United Inc. (UNITED) officials and Macon-Bibb County officials have officially broken ground on an $85 million investment to its Macon facility on Feb. 28 The project, awarded to Alabama-based Brasfield & Gorrie, includes expanding the existing warehouse by approximately 26,000 sq. ft., installing a warehousing system and optimizing distribution operations that will benefit associates, customers and communities in Macon-Bibb County and surrounding areas. The expansion also is expected to generate approximately 50 new
jobs. Alongside local and state elected officials, community partners and community leaders, the Coca-Cola Polar Bear was a special guest in attendance. A special “Cola-Cola toast” was the pinnacle of the event. “We’re honored that Coca-Cola Bottling Company United is leaning on our decades of industrial construction experience to expand this warehouse,” said Brasfield & Gorrie Vice President, Division Manager Michael Tortorici. “With more than 450 industrial projects under our belts, we’re see COCA-COLA page 10