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Data for 2010  |  Release Date: April 26, 2012  |  Next Release: February 2013  |   full report

Georgia Nuclear Profile 2010 Georgia profile

Georgia total electric power industry, summer capacity and net generation, by energy source, 2010  
Primary energy source Summer capacity
(mw)
Share of State total
(percent)
Net generation
(thousand mwh)
Share of State total
(percent)
Nuclear 4,061 11.1 33,512 24.6
Coal 13,230 36.1 73,298 54.0
Hydro and Pumped Storage 3,851 10.5 3,044 2.7
Natural Gas 12,668 34.6 23,884 15.9
Other 1 - - 18 *
Other Renewable1 637 1.7 3,181 2.2
Petroleum 2,189 6.0 641 0.5
Total 36,636 100.0 128,698 100

1Municipal Solid Waste net generation is allocated according to the biogenic and non-biogenic components of the fuel; however, all Municipal Solid Waste summer capacity is classified as Renewable.
* = Absolute percentage less than 0.05.
- = No data reported.
Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Other: Blast furnace gas, propane gas, other manufactured and waste gases derived from fossil fuels, non-biogenic municipal solid waste, batteries, chemicals, hydrogen, pitch, purchased steam, sulfur, tire-derived fuel, and miscellaneous technologies.
Other Renewable: Wood, black liquor, other wood waste, biogenic municipal solid waste, landfill gas, sludge waste, agriculture byproducts, other biomass, geothermal, solar thermal, photovoltaic energy, and wind.
Sources: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."


Georgia nuclear power plants, summer capacity and net generation, 2010  
Plant name/total reactors Summer capacity
(mw)
Net generation
(thousand mwh)
Share of State nuclear
net generation (percent)
Owner
Edwin I Hatch
Unit 1, Unit 2
1,759 13,902 41.5 Georgia Power Co
Vogtle
Unit 1, Unit 2
2,302 19,610 58.5 Georgia Power Co
2 Plants
4 Reactors
4,061 33,512 100.0  
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Plants in State

Edwin I Hatch Nuclear Plant 
Unit Summer capacity
(mw)
Net generation
(thousand mwh)
Summer capacity factor (percent) Type Commercial operation date License expiration date
1 876 6,510 84.8 BWR 12/31/1975 8/6/2034
2 883 7,392 95.6 BWR 9/5/1979 6/13/2038
  1,759 13,902 90.2      
Data for 2010
BWR = Boiling Water Reactor.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Operator: Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Location: The Edwin I. Hatch nuclear power plant is near Baxley, Appling County, in southeastern Georgia. The plant, named for a former president and chairman of Georgia Power, is located on a 2,244-acre site.

Construction Cost: $3.214 billion (2007 USD)2

Reactor Descriptions: The Hatch plant has two General Electric Type 4 boiling water reactors.

Cooling System: The Hatch plant relies on mechanical draft cooling towers that draw water from the Altamaha River.


Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant 
Unit Summer capacity
(mw)
Net generation
(thousand mwh)
Summer capacity factor (percent) Type Commercial operation date License expiration date
1 1,150 10,247 101.7 PWR 6/1/1987 1/16/2047
2 1,152 9,363 92.8 PWR 5/20/1989 2/9/2049
  2,302 19,610 97.2      
Data for 2010
PWR = Pressurized Light Water Reactor.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
Source: Form EIA-860, "Annual Electric Generator Report," and Form EIA-923, "Power Plant Operations Report."

Operator: Southern Nuclear Operating Company

Location and Service Territory: This power plant is located in Burke County, near Augusta, Georgia.

Construction Cost: Vogtle's construction costs were $19.071 billion (2007 USD)2

Staffing: 840 employees

Reactor Descriptions: The Vogtle site includes two, Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactors. Each reactor vessel holds 193 fuel assemblies.

Cooling System: Vogtle draws cooling water from the Savannah River and supplements this cooling source with a pair of 548-foot tall natural draft towers.


2Nuclear Power Plant Construction Activity, DOE/EIA-0473(86), Energy Information Administration, 1986, pp 16-17, Table 5. Adjusted to 2007 Dollars using Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index.

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