August 2017

The KQ22 and KQ23 modules were successfully placed inside the Unit 3 containment vessel July 27, 2017. The KQ22 and KQ23 modules were successfully placed inside the Unit 3 containment vessel July 27, 2017. The CA01 Pressurizer Bay was successfully placed inside the Unit 4 containment vessel Aug. 18, 2017. The component is 60 feet tall, 40 feet wide and weighs 240,000 pounds. The first steam generator is placed inside the Vogtle Unit 3 containment vessel. The first steam generator is placed inside the Vogtle Unit 3 containment vessel. The first steam generator is lifted for placement inside the Vogtle Unit 3 containment vessel. Weighing 1.4 million pounds, the first steam generator is placed inside the Vogtle Unit 3 containment vessel. Looking from atop the Vogtle Unit 3 turbine building, the first steam generator is placed inside the Unit 3 containment vessel. Work on the Vogtle Unit 3 shield building continues. A view inside the Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear island, with annex building construction on the left. A view inside the Vogtle Unit 3 turbine building, where the turbine generators will be located. Plant Vogtle's Lampson crane prepares to lift the first steam generator for placement inside the Unit 3 containment vessel.