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Pastimes : The Case for Nuclear Energy

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From: TimF3/7/2023 8:40:42 PM
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A new nuclear reactor in the U.S. starts up. It's the first in nearly seven years

On Monday, Georgia Power announced that the Vogtle nuclear reactor Unit 3 has started a nuclear reaction inside the nuclear reactor. Technically, this is called "initial criticality" and is when the nuclear fission process has started splitting atoms, generating heat.

Vogtle's Unit 3 reactor will be fully in service in May or June, Georgia Power said.

The last time a nuclear reactor reached the same milestone was almost seven years ago when the Tennessee Valley Authority started splitting atoms at the Watts Bar Unit 2 reactor in Tennessee, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...

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