Georgia Power announced this morning that fuel loading at Vogtle-3 has commenced, marking an important milestone on what has proved to be a long and bumpy road to startup and commercial operation of the first new nuclear power reactors to be built in the United States in more than three decades. The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) approved fuel loading for Vogtle 3 in August. In the coming days, 157 fuel assemblies will be transferred one by one from the Unit 3 spent fuel pool to the reactor core.