Articles Tagged with ''Bechtel''

Plant Vogtle’s new nuclear units may become operational considerably ahead of the schedule that Georgia Power announced last fall when Bechtel officially took over the beleaguered project.

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.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) says the new contracting arrangement pioneered by Bechtel National Inc. on the Dept. of Energy’s Hanford nuclear-waste site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant—a $16.8-billion project now four times above its original budget, with 17 years of added schedule—comes with risk to taxpayers.

Many thought the cycle was due for a dip, but there are few signs of a tumble.