Vogtle Critics Want More Information In Legal Challenge To Nuclear Expansion

Advocacy groups say the Georgia Public Service Commission was wrong to give Georgia Power approval to keep building two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. They are appealing the decision in court.

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Critics of the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle want more information about private meetings they say took place between Georgia Power and state regulators.

It’s part of their legal appeal of December’s Public Service Commission decision to allow the expansion project to continue. It’s now the sole nuclear construction project in the nation.

Advocacy groups say the Georgia Public Service Commission was wrong to give Georgia Power the go-ahead to keep building two nuclear reactors, and they’re appealing the decision in court. The PSC had voted on the future of the project after the lead contractor went bankrupt.