Category Archives: Construction delays

Georgia Public Service monitor says new units could be delayed beyond 2017 and 2018‏

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Robert Singleton

What happens when you’ve got all your approvals for two new reactors, but the bottom’s fallen out of the nuclear industry after Fukushima, with continued low natural gas prices, general incompetence on the part of your contractors and the continued … Continue reading →

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Trouble on Nuclear Island: More in-fighting pushes back completion of new Finnish nuclear reactor

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Robert Singleton

When a nuclear power plant is behind schedule or over budget, nuclear proponents like to blame pesky safety regulations or those darned environmentalists. As I told you last Thursday in a post on the expansion project at the Koeberg nuclear … Continue reading →

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Update: Fitch downgrades credit outlook for SCANA to negative as a result of construction delay in V.C. Summer nuclear expansion

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Robert Singleton

As I reported early last week, construction of two new reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant has been pushed back a year. Now, it looks as if the delay has had an impact on Summer’s owners’ credit rating. As … Continue reading →

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Update: More details on construction delays at South Carolina nuke

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Earlier today, I told you about the delay in construction of the new units at the V. C. Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina. Later, I found this South Carolina’s Post and Courier, giving further details into why the … Continue reading →

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Another misleading headline: ‘Revised schedule’ instead of ‘delay’ for South Carolina nuke

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Robert Singleton

Today, the Nuclear Energy Institute posted a link to a Platts news service story on its NEI SmartBrief page. But, rather than using the Platts headline: Builders’ schedule could delay completion of South Carolina nukes NEI used a less-specific headline: … Continue reading →

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Georgia nuclear expansion is behind schedule and over budget, according to state Public Service Commission report

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Robert Singleton

The Florida Times-Union’s Jacksonville.com website reported today: The companies building one of the first U.S. nuclear plants in a generation have missed project deadlines, and government monitors questioned in reports released Monday whether those delays could grow. Southern Co. subsidiary … Continue reading →

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Finnish newspaper puts cost of single new reactor at Olkiluoto at $11 billion‏

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Robert Singleton

The Bellona Foundation, an environmental group based in Sweden, carried a piece this morning on the rising cost of building a new reactor at the Olkiluoto facility in Finland: Woes continue to mount around the construction of Finland’s Olkiluoto 3, … Continue reading →

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Event Report and update: Vogtle rebar doesn’t meet standards, may push back construction schedule and add to cost of new reactors

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Sometimes there’s just not enough detail on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Event Reports page. This morning, Shaw Nuclear Services and subcontractor Joseph Oat Corporation of Charlotte, North Carolina, reported to the NRC what was described as “a noncompliance associated with the … Continue reading →

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Construction pushed back another four years on new Florida nuke

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Robert Singleton

Progress Energy announced Tuesday another delay in its plan to build two new nuclear power plants at a site in western Florida. The Levy power plant had originally been scheduled to open 2016, but with Tuesday’s announcement, it appears that … Continue reading →

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NRC to vote this afternoon on license for two new reactors for South Carolina nuke

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Robert Singleton

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is meeting this afternoon in Maryland and is expected to vote on licensing for two new reactors at the V. C. Summer nuclear power plant in South Carolina. The meeting begins at 1:25 Eastern Time. In … Continue reading →

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