Speaker A
22:58 - 23:27
"We were recently involved with reviewing the Vogel nuclear power plant down in Georgia. Units 3 and 4 that were completed a few years ago. That project, I believe, ended up at roughly $36 billion and took, I believe it was seven years longer than planned to complete."
“We were recently involved with reviewing the Vogel nuclear power plant down in Georgia. Units 3 and 4 that were completed a few years ago. That project, I believe, ended up at roughly $36 billion and took, I believe it was seven years longer than planned to complete.”
- Speaker
- Speaker A
- Timestamp
- 22:58 – 23:27
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau, AK, USA
- Captured at
- June 2, 2026
From the transcript
To the chair. We were recently involved with reviewing the Vogel nuclear power plant down in Georgia. Units 3 and 4 that were completed a few years ago. That project, I believe, ended up at roughly $36 billion and took, I believe it was seven years longer than planned to complete. It was the first new nuclear project in the United States in many decades.
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