Energy Feds Reach Deal With Westinghouse for $80B in Nuclear Reactor Deployments James Leggate October 28, 2025 No Comments The U.S. government will help with financing and permitting for Westinghouse to build its AP1000 nuclear reactors in the U.S.Read More
Nuclear Power Deal Set for First Privately Funded Small Nuclear Reactors in Europe Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin February 14, 2024 One Comment At construction completion, four projects in England would be Britain's first SMR deployment and its first use of the Westinghouse AP300 design.Read More
Who’s the Next Target in Feds’ Nuke Plant Fraud Investigation? Scott Judy June 14, 2021 No Comments Government used an internal Westinghouse email chain to earn guilty plea from former project director Carl Churchman.Read More
Project Undeliverable A Dissenter's Tale of South Carolina's Nuclear Project Fiasco Former Vice President Testifies That Utility Forced Her Out Over Project Cost Estimates Richard Korman December 19, 2018 No Comments Former vice president testifies that utility executives deceived public about cost to finish abandoned South Carolina projectRead More
Power Plant Project Failure South Carolina Reaches $2-Billion Settlement Over Unfinished Nuclear Plant Scott Judy November 27, 2018 No Comments South Carolina's hearings into the failed V.C. Summer nuclear project included dramatic testimony from a former SCANA vice president.Read More
Cash Advance Private Equity Investors and Industry Firms Find New Links Bruce Buckley Debra K. Rubin January 25, 2018 No Comments With more money to spend, PEs fund strategic changes but with payback in mindRead More
Risk Management Witness to the Origins of a Huge Nuclear Construction Flop An inside account from 2010 of events that led to the Westinghouse bankruptcy Richard Korman November 1, 2017 8 Comments A former Shaw quality-assurance manager saw trouble in 2010.Read More
Power Plant Construction Is Georgia's Project the Nuclear Revival's Last Gasp? Scott Judy November 1, 2017 No Comments 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.Read More
Feds OK Financial Aid for Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Scott Judy October 4, 2017 No Comments Meanwhile, the utility owner of the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion in South Carolina faces subpoena over cancelled projectRead More
Nuclear Power How Bechtel Limits Risk on Possible Big Plant-Vogtle Role Georgia Power's new prime contractor on the costly project has a carefully outlined role Richard Korman September 13, 2017 No Comments Bechtel is a key part of Georgia Power's has created a plan to save its troubled, billions-over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project.Read More