A new contracting team and its revised approach to the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion in Georgia failed by a wide measure to accelerate construction, according to testimony filed June 8 by Public Service Commission staff and an independent construction monitor.
Contractors also continued their long-standing practice of working without a “fully integrated and resource-loaded” integrated project schedule (IPS), a factor cited in the testimony as a possible contributing factor for the turmoil now roiling Westinghouse and its parent company, Toshiba Corp. The testimony marks the first from PSC staff and construction monitors since Westinghouse Electric Co. filed for bankruptcy protection in March.