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Second new nuclear reactor is completed at Vogtle

Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown in Waynesboro. Georgia Power announced that the second new reactor has achieved commercial operation, marking the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in decades. - photo by Associated Press

Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown in Waynesboro. Georgia Power announced that the second new reactor has achieved commercial operation, marking the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United S — Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown in Waynesboro. Georgia Power announced that the second new reactor has achieved commercial operation, marking the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in decades. - photo by Associated Press

ATLANTA — The second of two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has entered commercial operation, capping a project that cost billions more and took years longer than originally projected.

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