The Augusta nuclear reactors worth $14 billion are the first reactors in the USA in three decades, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Constructed by Atlanta-based Southern Co. and its subsidiary, Georgia Power, the nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, recently received regulatory approval.
One of the benefits that the government gave the Plant Vogtle reactors, which promise clean energy, is $8 billion in loans. As a result, a majority of the cost is being covered by tax-payers.