3rd guilty plea in South Carolina nuclear project failure
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press
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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, parts of a containment building for the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station is shown near Jenkinsville, S.C., during a media tour of the facility. A former official for the contractor hired to build two nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer plant that were never completed, pleaded guilty Thursday, June 10, 2021, to lying to federal authorities.Chuck Burton/AP
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A former official for the contractor hired to build two South Carolina nuclear reactors that were never completed pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to federal authorities.
3rd official to plead guilty in S. Carolina nuclear debacle
May 24, 2021
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) A former official for the contractor hired to build two South Carolina nuclear reactors that were never completed will plead guilty to lying to federal authorities, court documents show.
Carl Churchman was the Westinghouse Electric Co. project director for the failed plant that cost ratepayers and investors billions of dollars after utility executives swore construction was on track even as the project rapidly fell behind.
Churchman will plead guilty to making a false statement to federal officials, according to a court filing last week. He could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for the offense.