New Aerial Photos of VC Summer Nuclear Construction Site Obtained Day After Former SCANA CEO Agrees to Plead Guilty to Fraud for His Role in Failed Nuclear Reactor Construction Project;
Photos Released by SRS Watch as a Public Service Given Failure of Other Parties to Do So
Photos, by High Flyer, of the “Scene of the Crime” & Terms of Use Posted Here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bgaZ2Y4QBugVE0LZEfwPOML7u1yrMlDk?usp=sharing
More Criminal Charges Must be Brought Against Former SCANA and Santee Cooper Officials
Columbia, SC – Just a day after the agreement by the former SCANA CEO to plead guilty for fraud for the failed construction of nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer site north of Columbia, South Carolina, new aerial photos of the site have been obtained. The photos were taken on November 20, 2020 by High Flyer, a local pilot who prefers to remain anonymous and who has provided a very beneficial public service over the years via release of such photos.
The photos and terms of use are posted on High Flyer’s Google drive. For many years, the public interest organization Savannah River Site Watch has publicized the aerial photos of VC Summer. Additionally, High Flyer photos have also been publicized of the twin nuclear construction at Plant Vogtle in Georgia and the terminated plutonium fuel (MOX) project at the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site (SRS).
The photos of the derelict V.C. Summer site reveal that site is looking a bit weather-worn and appears much as it did when the project was terminated in 2017. The large crane (heavy lift derrick) – claimed to be the largest such crane in the world – remains at the site (and apparently unsold), the reactor buildings remain unprotected from the weather, the costly steam generator are still sitting outside, equipment remains in outside laydown yards and that temporary equipment storage structures remain. No vehicles or personnel can be seen.
Full SRS Watch news release: SRS Watch on new High Flyer photos of VC Summer Nov 25 2020
Photo: Scene of the Crime – VC Summer site 25 miles north of Columbia, SC, November 20, 2020, ©High Flyer