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Gov. Brian Kemp called for another expansion of nuclear Plant Vogtle during an event Wednesday celebrating the completion of two new reactors at the east Georgia facility. The construction of those reactors, known as Vogtle Units Three and Four, cost more than twice its original budget and ended years behind schedule.
“Today, we celebrate the end of that project,” Kemp told the crowd of state officials and Southern Company executives. “And now, let’s start planning for Vogtle Five.”
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