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Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc.
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Nuclear plant operator
Founded
1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Headquarters
Birmingham, Alabama, US
Key people
Steve Kuczynski (CEO)
Peter Sena (president)
Richard Libra (EVP and Chief nuclear officer)
Cheryl W. Brakefield (vice president, CFO and Treasurer)
Earl Berry (vice president of engineering)
Shane Camp (vice president of human resources)
Ho Nieh (vice president of regulatory affairs)
Millicent W. Ronnlund (vice president of general counsel & compliance officer)
Chuck Kharrl (vice president of Operations Support)
Delson Erb (Site Vice President of Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant)
Johnny Weissinger (site vice president of Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant)
Edwin (Sonny) D. Dean (site vice president of Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units 1 and 2)
Glen Chick (site vice president of Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, units 3 and 4)
Products
Energy generation
Number of employees
3,500
Parent
Southern Company
Website
southernnuclear.com
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is a nuclear energy facility operators and involved in advanced nuclear technologies research. The company operates a total of seven units for Alabama Power and Georgia Power at the Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant near Dothan, Ala.; the Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant near Baxley, Ga., and the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant near Waynesboro, Ga. Southern Nuclear is the licensee of two new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle, which are among the first nuclear units being constructed in the United States in more than 30 years.
Southern Nuclear's reliability has a current average three-year fleet capacity factor of 93.2 percent, exceeding the U.S. average of 91.2 percent for the years 2013–2015.[citation needed]
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