Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plant
Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in United States with 4 operating units totalling 4,958 MW gross. The site has 4 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | PWR | WH 4LP (DRYAMB) | 1,229 | 1987 | |
| Unit 2 | PWR | WH 4LP (DRYAMB) | 1,229 | 1989 | |
| Unit 3 | PWR | AP-1000 | 1,250 | 2023 | |
| Unit 4 | PWR | AP-1000 | 1,250 | 2024 |
Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plant in context
By gross operating capacity Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plant is the 1st largest of 54 operating nuclear sites in the United States, holding 5% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 13th of 172 worldwide.
Its operating units started up between 1987 and 2024; the median unit is 20.0 years old, younger than the median of 45.0 in the United States.
The 4 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 10.1 to 12.7 years (median 10.5) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 2020s is 7.7 years.
The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Virgil C Summer nuclear power plant (137 km), Edwin I Hatch nuclear power plant (143 km) and H. B. Robinson nuclear power plant (206 km).
2 operating units are rated differently now from their design net capacities: Unit 1 +2.5% and Unit 2 +4.6%.
Build time by unit
| Unit | Construction start | Grid connection | Years | Fleet median, same decade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 1976 | 1987 | 10.7 | 7.3 (1980s) |
| Unit 2 | 1976 | 1989 | 12.7 | 7.3 (1980s) |
| Unit 3 | 2013 | 2023 | 10.1 | 7.7 (2020s) |
| Unit 4 | 2013 | 2024 | 10.3 | 7.7 (2020s) |
Nearest tracked nuclear sites
| Site | Country | Distance | Operating GW gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil C Summer nuclear power plant | United States | 137 km | 1.0 |
| Edwin I Hatch nuclear power plant | United States | 143 km | 1.8 |
| H. B. Robinson nuclear power plant | United States | 206 km | 0.8 |
How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.
Earthquakes nearby
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Magnitude 4.0 and above within 200 km of Alvin W Vogtle nuclear power plant's listed coordinates, past 30 days. This is distance, not shaking: it says nothing about damage or any change in operation. Every plant.
| Location | Georgia, United States |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 33.1300, -81.7729 |
| Elevation | about 70 mabove sea level |
| Setting | About 110 km from the sea |
| Region | Northern America |
| Units by status | Operating: 4 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Georgia Power Co |
|---|---|
| Operators | Southern Nuclear Operating Company |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
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