South Carolina Nuclear Fuel Plant News

Executive Charged in Aftermath of Failed South Carolina Nuclear Project

A business executive charged in the aftermath of a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina pleaded not guilty in federal court Tuesday. Jeffrey A. Benjamin was a former senior vice president for Westinghouse Electric Co., …

Scientists Identify Nuclear Plants Facing Highest Risks From Earthquakes

The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but states including South Carolina and Missouri, an analysis of government data published on Thursday said. The chances of an earthquake …

Regulators Say South Carolina Nuclear Fuel Plant Put Workers at ‘Substantial’ Risk

Federal regulators say they’ve found there was a “substantial potential” for an accident that could have injured workers at the Westinghouse nuclear fuel plant near Columbia. Media outlets report the preliminary results of an investigation into a uranium built up …