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4 June 2009 -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission renewed the operating licenses for Southern Co's Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia for an additional 20 years.
The new licenses for Units 1 and 2 will expire on Jan. 16, 2047 and Feb. 9, 2049. Southern submitted the application for the new licenses in June 2007.
The Vogtle units represent the 53rd and 54th reactor licenses renewed by the NRC. Twelve other applications are under review.
Southern's Southern Nuclear Operating Co operates the station for its owners, including Southern's Georgia Power (45.7 percent), Oglethorpe Power Corp (30 percent), Municipal Electrical Authority of Georgia (22.7 percent) and the City of Dalton (1.6 percent).
The 2,301 MW Vogtle station is about 105 miles southwest of Columbia, S.C. There are two units at the station: the 1,152 MW Unit 1, which entered service in 1987, and the 1,149 MW Unit 2 (1989).
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