Nuclear power now makes up about 25% of the generation of Georgia Power, the largest unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co.

First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Or even less if we – gasp, shock, horror! – reprocessed it.

    (We don’t do that because of overblown fears about nuclear weapons proliferation.)