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Units 3, left, and 4 and their cooling towers stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Federal nuclear regulators announced on Friday, July 28, that they had cleared Georgia Power and its co-owners to load radioactive fuel into Unit 4, shown at right, the second of two new reactors on the site. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Fri,07/28/23-11:30AM , 148 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that Georgia Power Co. and its co-owners can begin loading fuel into unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta.
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Authorities are seeking the arrest of a man suspected of shooting and killing three men and a woman on Saturday in Hampton, Georgia. (15 July)

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Georgia mass shooting suspect is killed during intense search and 3 officers are wounded, police say
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Sun,07/16/23-12:49PM , 652 Reads
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff's deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said.
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Community organizer Kamau Franklin speaks during a news conference outside Atlanta's City Hall, Wednesday, June 7, 2023, to announce an effort to force a referendum that would allow Atlanta voters to decide whether the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center should proceed. Under the proposed referendum, voters would choose whether they want to repeal the ordinance that authorized the lease of the city-owned land upon which the project, which opponents call Cop City, is being built. (AP Photo/R.J. Rico)

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Atlanta police training center opponents sue over delays in approving referendum
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Tue,06/20/23-2:04PM , 113 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Opponents of Atlanta’s proposed police and firefighter training center are suing the city, saying the city clerk is delaying a petition drive that seeks to force a voter referendum on halting the complex.
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A turbine that generates electricity using steam heated by nuclear fission sits at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Friday, June 16, 2023, that the turbine's hydrogen cooling system had a problem with its seal, pushing back the commercial operation date of Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, to July. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Georgia Power says Vogtle nuclear reactor delayed another month by turbine problem
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Fri,06/16/23-4:58PM , 152 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Commercial operation of a new reactor at a Georgia nuclear power plant has been delayed for at least another month.
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