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We finally did it! 24 students and faculty from Georgia Institute of Technology traveled to Nuclear Power Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, GA on Feb 4, 2025, thanks to a partnership between GT Center for Urban Research (https://lnkd.in/eUqc29MK) at Georgia Tech School of Public Policy and Southern Nuclear! Our group was a mix of majors/disciplines, including public policy, nuclear & radiological engineering, industrial & systems engineering, physics, city & regional planning, international affairs, economics, and computer science! I was very pleased to organize this 10 hours-long travel and tour with non-trivial amount of paperworks in advance! With the addition of unit 3 and 4--new reactors built in 30 years in US--the four reactors at Votgle boast an electricity generating capacity of about 4,700 MW, meaning they deliver carbon-free nuclear energy to power more than 2 million homes and businesses.  Recently, I’ve thought a lot about the role of nuclear energy—how it has advanced our human life and urban development. We rarely think about energy from a sociological perspective, namely how it has contributed to human capital development and sustainable urban development. However, when we experience extended hours of power outage, it limits so many choices and activities we enjoy during a normal day (which we take for granted). That said, I think we humans should thank various energy sources and providers/operators of the energy system, including nuclear power that has provided clean and reliable energy for such a long time.  Thanks Mike McCracken (Vogtle communications coordinator) for hosting us to Vogtle, and Amy Marshall for making this connection (and also to Susan Silver Van Aacken, an advisory board member of Georgia Tech School of Public Policy). Mrs. Marshall is the longest-tenured female Senior Reactor Operator at Southern Nuclear, and she showed us how a control room works in and out of (weather and human errors-related) emergencies in the simulator room. It was truly an unspeakable experience! Three faculty affiliates of Energy Policy and Innovation Center at Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute (Marilyn A. Brown, Constance Crozier, and myself) also participated in the tour. I look forward to a next destination this partnership and travel will lead us to regarding nuclear energy and policy research in the future! #NuclearEnergy #PlantVogtle #OnthegroundLearning #InterdisciplinaryEducation #SustainableDevelopment #CleanEnergy Southern Nuclear Georgia Tech Research Georgia Tech School of Public Policy Georgia Tech School of City & Regional Planning Georgia Tech Nuclear and Radiological Engineering and Medical Physics College of Computing at Georgia Tech Georgia Tech H. Milton Stewart School of ISyE Georgia Tech Strategic Energy Institute

In celebration of Black History Month, I appreciate Southern Company , particularly Southern Nuclear, for fostering an environment where I could authentically be myself. My experience at Hatch over the summer was incredibly enlightening, and I gained valuable insights while being able to connect with so many great people. #BlackHistoryMonth #SouthernCompany #SouthernNuclear #Internship #Blackengineer #BlackWomenInEngineering #Nuclear

Happy #EngineersWeek from Southern Nuclear! ⚙️ From leading innovative technologies to enhancing operational efficiencies, our engineers are at the forefront of the energy industry. This week and every week, we celebrate the brilliant minds that make it all possible. 💡

Tag who you love like nuclear energy 🤭 #ValentinesDay

Join us in celebrating Black History Month as we honor the remarkable accomplishments and innovations that have immensely influenced our nation.

We asked our employees why they ❤️ working at Southern Nuclear and this was the result. ⬇️

Here’s something you don’t see every day: our fleet covered in snow! Our #nuclear professionals joined the entire Southern Company team in taking proactive measures to ensure reliability as the temperatures plunged below freezing across Georgia and Alabama. We are proud of the way we prepared as #OneTeam and worked together to keep our units running safely and reliably!

This past Monday, our Southern Nuclear team came together to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through a day of service. Our employees dedicated their time and energy to making a positive impact in the communities surrounding our plants. Together, we're not just generating clean energy; we're generating goodwill and unity. 💡💙 #MLKDayOfService #CommunityFirst #PoweringGood

Southern Company is proud to celebrate the remarkable recovery of the red-cockaded woodpecker, which has been downlisted from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This achievement marks more than 50 years of dedicated conservation efforts by Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Mississippi Power, Virginia Natural Gas and a coalition of federal and state agencies, private landowners and conservation groups. Together, we're committed to environmental stewardship and the preservation of biodiversity. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d-iNiuqh

As we continue to reflect on and honor Jimmy Carter’s legacy, one of his most prominent goals was to make America energy independent. Plant Vogtle is a large part of helping to make that happen. Our Senior Vice President of Technical Services and External Affairs John Williams weighed in by saying, “It’s [Plant Vogtle] the largest source of electricity in the United States. When we’re using American nuclear technology, that’s obviously resources that we’re not having to import from other parts of the world.” Click the link to read more from WRDW about Carter’s impact on the Central Savannah River Area in Georgia.