The first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in more than 40 years is now up and running in Waynesboro, Georgia.
The completion of Plant Vogtle Unit 3, the first of two reactors being built at an already-existing nuclear plant on the Savannah River, is a major milestone not just for the long-delayed project itself, but for nuclear energy in the United States.
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