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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 business failure in the history of South Carolina ...
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 ...
In March 2013, the construction of the reactors Virgil C. Summer 2 and Vogtle 3 had begun, following the start of the construction of Virgil C. Summer 3 and Vogtle 4 in November 2013 In June 2013, the documentary film Pandora's Promise is released with a central argument that "nuclear power..is a relatively safe and clean energy source which ...
Jeffrey Benjamin, the last defendant in the $9 billion SCANA nuclear scandal that destroyed one of South Carolina’s most prestigious and profitable companies, pled guilty Thursday for his role ...
FILE - This Sept. 21, 2016 file photo shows Unit one of the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Jenkinsville, S.C. Federal authorities say a fourth executive has been charged for his role in a failed ...
Stephen Byrne, the last of the SCANA executives who conspired to hide the truth about the energy company’s failed $10 billion nuclear project in Fairfield County, was sentenced to 15 months in ...
South Carolina faces a repeat of the 2017 V.C. Summer nuclear construction debacle that soaked ratepayers if state legislators make it easier for utilities to build a large natural gas plant in ...
The company operated 4 hydroelectric plants, 1 pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant, 4 coal fossil fuel power station, the Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station, 1 combined cycle power plant, 1 "re-powered" formerly coal-fired plant with a natural gas-powered steam unit and two combined cycle units, and 16 simple cycle combustion ...