{"id":12274,"date":"2017-11-10T07:21:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T07:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=12274"},"modified":"2017-11-10T07:21:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T07:21:50","slug":"heavy-lift-derrick-crane-is-coming-down-after-9-billion-nuke-project-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/heavy-lift-derrick-crane-is-coming-down-after-9-billion-nuke-project-fails\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Lift Derrick Crane is coming down after $9 billion Nuke Project Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCE&amp;G has begun breaking down huge construction cranes as it moves to abandon the failed V.C. Summer nuclear construction site by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Taking down the cranes is part of final company activities on the property, SCE&amp;G officials\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/politics-government\/article183692921.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told the state Public Service Commission\u00a0<\/a>during a meeting Thursday in Columbia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Efforts to button up the site include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Securing partially installed equipment<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ng_z_sym_square_bullet\">\u25aa\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Filling in trenches and excavations, while completing some ditches that were only partially done<\/li>\n<li id=\"ndn-widget-embed-1\" class=\"inform-embed ndn_embed ndn_embedding ndn_embedContainer ndn-widget-embed-1 ndn_embedded\" data-placement-id=\"inform-video-player-1\" data-config-distributor-id=\"90474\" data-config-width=\"100%\" data-config-height=\"9\/16w\">\u00a0<span class=\"ng_z_sym_square_bullet\">\u25aa\u00a0<\/span>Removing temporary construction trailers and pulling equipment down from platforms.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ng_z_sym_square_bullet\">\u25aa\u00a0<\/span>Collecting hazardous waste created during construction<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ng_z_sym_square_bullet\">\u25aa\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Preparing to auction off some of the site\u2019s equipment<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ng_z_sym_square_bullet\">\u25aa\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Cleaning scaffolding from building roofs<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"ng_z_sym_square_bullet\">\u25aa\u00a0<\/span>Planting grass in areas that had been cleared but never developed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Perhaps the most visible work is disassembling the cranes that towered over the site. The cranes were easy to see from lakes and highways surrounding the plant. Vendors were to pick up the cranes and other material not owned by SCE&amp;G, said Todd Johnson, a general manager with SCANA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a number of items that we are putting out in storage areas for pickup,\u2019 he told the PSC.<\/p>\n<p>The V.C. Summer nuclear site is being shut down by SCE&amp;G and partner Santee Cooper after the companies spent $9 billion on the effort over a decade. The companies agreed\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/news\/local\/article164544862.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31 to quit the project<\/a>, leaving 5,000 people out of work. Customers were irate because they had been charged $1.7 billion for the work. SCE&amp;G has indicated it may seek more from customers to help pay for the rest of the project.<\/p>\n<p>SCE&amp;G and Santee Cooper said they could no longer afford to build the project as costs escalated and the site\u2019s chief contractor, Westinghouse, filed for bankruptcy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCE&amp;G has begun breaking down huge construction cranes as it moves to abandon the failed V.C. Summer nuclear construction site by the end of this year. Taking down the cranes is part of final company activities on the property, SCE&amp;G officials\u00a0told the state Public Service Commission\u00a0during a meeting Thursday in Columbia. 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