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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

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A former Shaw quality-assurance manager saw trouble in 2010.

Feds OK Financial Aid for Vogtle Nuclear Expansion

Scott Judy

October 4, 2017

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Meanwhile, the utility owner of the V.C. Summer nuclear expansion in South Carolina faces subpoena over cancelled project

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

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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.

Delayed Delivery

Fluor Out, Bechtel In at Georgia Power's Troubled Nuclear Project

The owner has revised its schedule for when the project Vogtle nuclear units will be online

Scott Judy

August 31, 2017

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Georgia Power announced Aug. 31 it plans to complete construction of the vastly over budget nuclear project.

Deal Reached With Westinghouse to Keep Nuclear Projects Going

May 3, 2017

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Georgia Power and SCANA Corp. on April 28 separately announced that each had extended their “interim assessment agreements” with contractor Westinghouse Electric Co. (WEC) to keep construction progressing on two separate nuclear expansion projects, while the contractor proceeds with its bankruptcy plan.

$6B Cost Estimate Increase Imperils U.S. Nuclear Projects

The Westinghouse bankruptcy filing over estimated cost increases causes utility owners to reassess projects

Scott Judy

Pam Radtke Russell

April 5, 2017

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Westinghouse Electric Co.’s recent realization of more than $6 billion in additional costs related to completing construction of two U.S. nuclear projects forced the firm to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 29.

Project Delivery

Turnaround Eludes Nuclear Power Plant Vogtle

Contractors Westinghouse and Fluor ramp up workforce on long-delayed Georgia project

Scott Judy

January 18, 2017

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Last spring, at the Plant Vogtle construction site near Waynesboro, Ga., executives representing Georgia Power, its lead contractors and trades groups gathered to commit publicly to turning around the $16-billion nuclear power-plant expansion.

Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Builders Pledge Construction, Worker Gains

Scott Judy

May 11, 2016

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Officially commemorating the 130th day under a new contracting team that is leading the $16-billion Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project, top leaders with Georgia Power and its contractors on May 3 used the milestone to assure craft workers of their commitment to future construction gains.

Contractor Shake-Up Stirs Nuclear Project's Acceleration

Vogtle nuclear expansion project’s contractors plan to increase the number of workers to make up lost time

Scott Judy

March 21, 2016

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The new contractors at Plant Vogtle, the nuclear powerplant project where completion cost estimates have ballooned to $16 billion, know that the eyes of the world’s construction and engineering industry, not to mention Georgia Power ratepayers, are upon them.

Fluor Will Finish Nuclear Projects in CB&I-Westinghouse Deal

Pam Radtke Russell

November 5, 2015

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In a huge deal that Wall Steet analysts said posed both rewards and risks for its key participants, Chicago Bridge & Iron on Oct. 27 said it would sell its nuclear construction business in the U.S. and China to Westinhouse Electric.