(Reuters) – Power company Scana Corp on Wednesday told energy analysts a reactor under construction at the Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina will likely enter service several months later than expected.
In a presentation, Scana said Unit 2, which was expected to enter service in March 2017, will instead likely enter service between the fourth quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018.
Scana said this was due in part to delays in delivery of some components from a unit of construction contractor Chicago Bridge & Iron Co NV (CB&I) from its Lake Charles, Louisiana facility.
CB&I and Westinghouse Electric are building two 1,117-megawatt Westinghouse AP1000 reactors for Scana’s South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G) utility and South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper at the Summer site.
Summer is located in Jenkinsville about 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Columbia, the state capital.
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