Hiding costs? Corruption? Just another day in the nuclear industry! Nuclear power, corruption and lies!

Ex-#Westinghouse exec pleads guilty to charge in failed #SCANA #nuclear plant

By Caitlin Ashworth, December 14, 2023

COLUMBIA — "As part of the final case related to South Carolina’s failed nuclear plant, a former top #WestinghouseElectric Co. executive pleaded guilty to a charge related to the abandoned project.

"In the decadelong $9 billion project, now-defunct electric provider SCANA and the state-owned utility #SanteeCooper attempted to complete two #NuclearPower reactors, adding to the existing reactor at the #VCSummer site in #JenkinsvilleSouthCarolina.

"But as construction problems mounted, costs rose, schedules slipped and the true status of the project was hidden, according to court filings. The project was eventually abandoned, leading to mass layoffs and higher bills for utility customers."

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https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/vc-summer-westinghouse-scana-santee-cooper-charged-nuclear-plant/article_e53b9db8-9a8f-11ee-bee6-b3a9533ec1cc.html

#NoNukes #RenewablesNow #Thermal #Tidal #Wind

Ex-Westinghouse exec pleads guilty to charge in failed SCANA nuclear plant

In a failed $9 billion project, a now-defunct electric provider and a state-owned utility attempted to complete two nuclear power reactors at V.C. Summer, but mismanagement and charges of corruption caused the project to fail

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"Top Westinghouse official indicted – again – in six-year SCANA nuclear scandal.

Benjamin is charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, securities fraud and causing the failure to keep accurate corporate records of one of South Carolina’s largest construction projects ever, a failed $9 billion effort to build two nuclear reactors in Fairfield County at the V.C. Summer nuclear site."

#nuclear #NuclearPower #SCANA #SC #boondoggle

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article282157393.html

> Despite the abandonment.. 700,000 #SouthCarolina utility customers see charges related to the project on their monthly electric bills. Lawmakers.. back and forth.. over the payments, balancing.. customers against the risk of bankrupting #SCANA..
> 2004: The South Carolina General Assembly..Office of Regulatory Staff.. replaces the.. advocate..[for] the public
https://www.chooseenergy.com/news/article/failed-v-c-summer-nuclear-project-timeline/
#VCSummer #NuclearPower #NuclearCosts #NuclearFraud #TooCheapToMeter or #TooBigToFail ?
The failed V.C. Summer nuclear project: A timeline | Choose Energy®

The V.C. Summer nuclear project was abandoned in July 2017. So why are South Carolina residents still paying for it on their monthly electric bills?

"SC nuclear plant fiasco on-site manager sentenced to home detention for lying to feds"

"An onsite project manager of the doomed expansion of the V.C. Summer nuclear plant in Fairfield County was sentenced to one year of probation .."

https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/nuclear-summer-plant-sc-westinghouse-churchman-fbi-lying-sentenced-federal-court-columbia/article_cce4377c-6c43-11ee-b505-771d488d4cb2.html

17.10.2023

#AP1000 #Atomkraft #Kernenergie #NPP #Nukegate #SCANA #USA #VCSummer #Westinghouse

SC nuclear plant fiasco on-site manager sentenced to home detention for lying to feds

V.C. Summer nuclear plant in South Carolina was never completed. Carl Churchman, a former Westinghouse executive and onsite project manager was sentenced to home detention for lying to federal agents.

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