subsidiary of southern company industry nuclear plant operator founded 1990 headquarters birmingham alabama usa key people steve kuczynski president and chief executive officer danny bost executive vice president and chief nuclear officer cheryl gayheart site vice president for joseph m. farley nuclear plant david vineyard site vice president edwin i. hatch nuclear plant keith taber site vice president site vice president alvin w. vogtle electric generating plant units 1 and 2 karen fili site vice president alvin w. vogtle electric generating plant units 3 and 4 products nuclear energy generation number of employees 3 500 website 1 southern nuclear headquartered in birmingham ala. is a leader among the nation s nuclear energy facility operators and an innovator in advanced nuclear technologies . the company operates a total of six units for alabama power and georgia power at the joseph m. farley nuclear plant near dothan ala. ; the edwin i. hatch nuclear plant near baxley ga. and the alvin w. vogtle electric generating plant near waynesboro ga. southern nuclear is the licensee of two new nuclear units currently under construction at plant vogtle which are among the first nuclear units being constructed in the united states in more than 30 years . for more than 40 years southern nuclear has operated its three nuclear energy facilities at the highest levels of reliability with a current average three year fleet capacity factor of 93.2 percent exceeding the u.s. average of 91.2 percent for the years 2013 2015 . southern nuclear has received numerous accolades in 2016 for leadership in the advancement of nuclear energy including the special achievement award by the united states nuclear infrastructure council and the presidential citation by the american nuclear society . southern nuclear also received two of the nuclear energy institute s top innovative practice awards and a special recognition for achieving excellence in research and performance . plant hatch received the ans operations & power division s utility achievement award for plant improvements that resulted in a record setting refueling outage duration . contents 1 nuclear power generating facilities 1.1 about plant farley 1.2 about plant hatch 1.3 about plant vogtle 2 nuclear development 3 references 4 external links nuclear power generating facilities edit about plant farley edit the joseph m. farley nuclear plant is located on 1 850 acres along the chattahoochee river near dothan in southeast alabama . construction of the plant began in 1970 . unit 1 achieved commercial operation in december 1977 . unit 2 began commercial operation in july 1981 . the total cost of the plant was about 1.57 billion . each unit is capable of generating 900 megawatts of electric power for a total capacity of 1 800 mw . the plant is powered by westinghouse pressurized water reactors . the containment building which houses the reactor the reactor coolant system and other nuclear related components is constructed of reinforced concrete and carbon steel . 1 about plant hatch edit the edwin i. hatch electric generating plant sits on a 2 224 acre site along the altamaha georgia s largest river near baxley ga. it is jointly owned by georgia power 50.1 percent oglethorpe power corporation 30 percent municipal electrical authority of georgia 17.7 percent and dalton utilities 2.2 percent . construction of the plant began in 1968 . unit 1 began commercial operation in december 1975 . unit 2 began commercial operation in september 1979 . units 1 and 2 are rated at 924 megawatts of electric power each for a total capacity of 1 848 mw . the plant is powered by boiling water reactors supplied by general electric company . 2 about plant vogtle edit unit 1 began commercial operation in may 1987 . unit 2 began commercial operation in may 1989 . each unit is capable of generating 1 215 megawatts of electric power for a total capacity of 2 430 mw . the plant is powered by pressurized water reactors manufactured by westinghouse . the turbines and electric generators are manufactured by general electric . 3 nuclear development edit southern nuclear is overseeing the licensing and construction of two new nuclear units at the plant vogtle site near augusta ga. vogtle 3 and 4 will be among the first new nuclear plants built in america in more than 30 years . the construction of the new vogtle units is the largest job producing project in georgia currently employing more than 5 000 people and creating 800 permanent jobs when the facility begins operating . vogtle units 3 and 4 are scheduled to be operational in 2019 and 2020 respectively . references edit joseph m. farley nuclear plant southern nuclear edwin i. hatch nuclear plant southern nuclear alvin w. vogtle electric generating plant southern nuclear external links edit southern nuclear s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title southern nuclear & oldid 739447638 categories southern companycompanies based in 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