Tag Archives: South Carolina

Scana delays start of new S.C. nuclear reactor by months via Reuters

Posted on 2013/06/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(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, … Continue reading →

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Senators voice MOX support via The Aiken Standard

Posted on 2013/05/18 by norma field

COLUMBIA — Republican senators from South Carolina and Georgia have called on the Obama administration to continue funding a program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel, saying that slowing or ending the project would harm international and … Continue reading →

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Delays, cost increases at nation’s new nuclear projects via ajc

Posted on 2012/07/13 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Despite promises from the nuclear industry to regulators and consumers that they learned from mistakes of the past, the nation’s first two nuclear reactor projects built from scratch in 30 years are headed toward hundreds of millions of dollars in … Continue reading →

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America’s New Nuclear Plants Cost Billions More Than Expected via Business Insider

Posted on 2012/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

ATLANTA (AP) — America’s first new nuclear plants in more than a decade are costing billions more to build and sometimes taking longer to deliver than planned, problems that could chill the industry’s hopes for a jumpstart to the nation’s … Continue reading →

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