Baxley nuclear power plant gets 2-decade extension to operate

Georgia Power’s Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, which has been in operation since 1975, has been granted a license extension by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate for an additional two decades, providing reliable energy at a stable cost to Georgians.

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