CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCEHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "Vogtle Unit 4 enters commercial operation" on "April 29, 2024".
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- Apr 29, 202490% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Vogtle Unit 4 Enters Commercial Operation
Georgia's Plant Vogtle Unit 4 entered commercial operation in April 2024, completing the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in the US in over three decades.
- Georgia Power declared Plant Vogtle Unit 4 in commercial operation on 29 April 2024, completing the Vogtle 3 and 4 expansion[2][3]
- They are the first newly built US nuclear units in more than 30 years; Unit 3 entered commercial operation on 31 July 2023[2][3]
- Unit 4 is 1,114 MW and can power an estimated 500,000 homes; with four units Vogtle is the largest US nuclear plant at nearly 5 GW[2][3]
- Construction began in 2009; the cost was originally expected at $14 billion, and Georgia Power now estimates more than $30 billion[2]
- Both new units use the Westinghouse AP1000 design with passive safety; no other US reactors are under construction[2]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=dyQMNVSxbNoyoutube.com· Posted Sep 22, 2026· Starts Apr 29, 2024 ✓· 94% of score
Happened as dated, per the source: "Vogtle Unit 4 enters commercial operation" on "April 29, 2024".
- [2]90%Plant Vogtle Unit 4 begins commercial operationeia.gov· Published May 1, 2024· 3% of score
- [3]92%Vogtle Unit 4 enters commercial operationgeorgiapower.com· Published Apr 29, 2024· 3% of score
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