Reactor number 3 and it's cooling tower stands at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. The nuclear plant has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia Power Co. said Monday, March 6, 2023, a key step toward reaching commercial operation at the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in decades in the United States.
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Reactor number 3 and it's cooling tower stands at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga.

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Updated national data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates overall decreases in new HIV infections from 2017 to 2021, especially among young people. 

A new reactor at a nuclear power plant southeast of Augusta has reached its full power output for the first time.

A new study of adults in Georgia shows people grieving the death of a loved one are at greater risk of binge drinking than those not in bereavement.