The plan looks to expand America next gen nuclear reactor technology by building ten AP1000 reactors over the next five years, largely through an $80 billion partnership with Canadian nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric. Vogtle added two Westinghouse AP1000s in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Despite making the Waynesboro plant the nation largest, the expansion project ran seven years and $21 billion past initial projections. To spur development, the Trump administration instructed the Nuclear...
