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The Virgil C. Summer nuclear station in 2013. The Nukegate scandal was a political and legal scandal that arose from the abandonment of the Virgil C. Summer nuclear expansion project in South Carolina by South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public Service Authority (known as Santee Cooper) in 2017. It was the largest ...
The late 1960s and early 1970s saw a rapid growth in the development of nuclear power in the United States.By 1976, however, many nuclear plant proposals were no longer viable due to a slower rate of growth in electricity demand, significant cost and time overruns, and more complex regulatory requirements.
The Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Power Station occupies a site near Jenkinsville, South Carolina, in Fairfield County, South Carolina, approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Columbia. The plant has one Westinghouse 3-loop Pressurized Water Reactor , which has received approval of a 20-year license extension, taking the license expiration of ...
The report, written after Lee and Little toured the site Sept. 12, said South Carolina should at least ‘’take a last look at whether the plant offers an an opportunity to jump start the ...
Courtrooms are where much of the saga some call South Carolina's nuclear boondoggle will unfold. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. and state-owned utility Santee Cooper spent more than $9 billion ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge has ordered criminal charges dropped against the final executive accused of lying about problems building two nuclear reactors in South Carolina that were abandoned ...
The Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant is an incomplete energy project 10 miles (16 km) outside Gaffney, South Carolina, United States. In the early 1970s, Duke Power started constructing a three-reactor nuclear power plant at the site. However, the project stalled due to economic problems by the early 1980s, leading to the project's eventual ...
The executive who spent billions of dollars on two South Carolina nuclear plants that never generated a single watt of power is almost certain to spend time in prison. Former SCANA Corp. CEO Kevin ...