Contractors failed to stop wasting supplies at S.C. nuclear plant site despite warnings | Business

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COLUMBIA — SCANA Corp. knew its contractors were mismanaging millions of dollars in construction material soon after work at South Carolina’s V.C. Summer Nuclear Station began in 2013, and the large Cayce company was unable to stop the waste before the $9 billion project was abandoned last year. 

SCANA detailed how its contractors mislabeled supplies, misplaced documents and lost track of turbine components, as profits rolled in and electric customers fronted the cash for the costly equipment, according to an audit conducted by the utility and other internal documents obtained by The Post and Courier.

Yet, records suggest SCANA never got its contractors to correct the problems, even as…

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