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Former SCANA exec pleads guilty in Summer fraud case testament to the reliability of the Darlington sta- scheduled to begin in May of this year, was post- subsidiary. According to the an- tion, which produces clean electricity 24 hours a poned due to the COVID-19 crisis. nouncement, the focus at Barakah-2 Stephen A. Byrne, former executive vice pres- with law enforcement officials. It also includes day, seven days a week.” Darlington-1’s refurbishment is scheduled to now shifts to completing the opera- ident of SCANA Corporation, pleaded guilty in an agreement with Virginia-based Dominion OPG began a major 10-year project to refur- start in the first quarter of 2022 and to be com- tional readiness preparations, regu- federal court on July 23 to conspiracy to commit Energy that will provide at least $4 billion for bish all four of its Darlington reactors in 2016, pleted in the second quarter of 2025. Darling- latory inspections, and international mail and wire fraud in connection with the ratepayer relief. SCANA became a wholly owned when Unit 2 was taken off line. Earlier this year, ton-4 is scheduled for its overhaul to begin in assessments required for obtaining failed $9 billion nuclear-expansion project at subsidiary of Dominion in July 2019 (NN, Feb. the unit was reconnected to Ontario’s electricity the third quarter of 2023, with completion in the an operating license from the Federal South Carolina’s Summer plant. 2019, p. 15). grid. Darlington-3’s refurbishment, originally fourth quarter of 2026. Authority for Nuclear Regulation, the Byrne, 60, had also been president of gen- Contrary to his public statements, Byrne was UAE’s nuclear regulator. eration and transmission and chief operating aware in June 2016 that the Summer project’s “The completion of Unit 2 con- officer at SCANA subsidiary South Carolina construction schedule and completion dates struction activities in adherence to Electric & Gas, overseeing all of SCANA’s nucle- were unrealistic and unlikely to be achieved, the highest international standards ar operations, including the construction of the and that both units of the project, Summer-2 Hydraulic testing completed on Akkuyu-1 reactor vessel of safety, security, and quality, and The UAE’s Barakah new nuclear units, on which work was stopped and -3, were unlikely to be finished in time to the handover of all systems to Nawah for com- the construction of Unit 1 have contributed to . in 2017 (NN, Aug. 2017, p. 17). qualify for federal nuclear production tax cred- Atommash has completed hydraulic testing Russia’s state atomic energy agency. missioning are important milestones that reflect the successful development of Units 2, 3, and 4 Photo: ENEC The plea agreement—the result of a multiyear its, according to the Department of Justice. His of the reactor pressure vessel for Unit 1 at the The tests on the 330-metric-ton reactor pres- the dedication and skill of everyone involved in of the Barakah plant.” joint investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, false and misleading statements contributed to Akkuyu nuclear power plant, the four-unit sure vessel were carried out with a maximum the UAE peaceful nuclear energy program,” said The Barakah plant houses four 1,345-MWe the FBI, the Securities and Exchange Commis- SCANA’s success in obtaining rate increases to facility currently under construction on the pressure of 24.5 megapascals, which is about 1.4 Mohamed Al Hammadi, chief executive officer APR1400 pressurized water reactors supplied sion, the South Carolina Attorney General’s finance the project, the DOJ said. Mediterranean coast in southern Turkey. times higher than operating pressure, according of ENEC. “These achievements also highlight by Korea Electric Power Corporation. The Office, and the South Carolina Law Enforce- Atommash is part of , the the benefits of building four identical reactors ment Division—requires Byrne to cooperate Power & Operations continues engineering division of , which is Power & Operations continues simultaneously, as the lessons learned during Power & Operations continues

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