The construction, engineering and fabrication issues raised by Christopher Hartz and detailed here by ENR applied to both the Plant Vogtle and V.C. Summer nuclear expansion projects. Currently, though, those projects are facing very different political environments.
In South Carolina, a political firestorm continues to surround the cancellation of the V.C. Summer expansion by project co-owners South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) and Santee Cooper. On Oct. 28, for example, SCANA Corp.—the parent of SCE&G—was adamantly denying a report that the utility had “ousted” chief executive Kevin Marsh and COO Stephen Byrne as a result of the bungled project.