The first of Plant Vogtle’s two new nuclear power units hit a key milestone this week when the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved it to go into operation. With that final hurdle out of the way, the unit can be loaded with fuel, undergo final rounds of testing, and be ready to go into service in March. The second unit is now scheduled to come online in the last quarter of 2023. After a long and winding road to completion, Vogtle’s new units are RISING…
Atlanta Dream’s stadium nightmare
The Atlanta Dream are about to play in the WNBA Finals, but they have a problem – they don’t have anywhere to play! The team has played its playoff games in State Farm Arena, which is owned by the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. But due to scheduling issues, State Farm isn’t available now, as it already has concerts and Hawks games on the docket. So the Dream are scrambling, and may have to play Finals games in the 3,500 seat Gateway Center Arena (State Farm seats 17,500). The scheduling snafu has the Dream DRIFTING…
