Utilities ditch reactors that launched U.S. nuclear renaissance

South Carolina utilities said on Monday they are abandoning two unfinished reactors that were hailed as the start of a U.S. nuclear power renaissance before they were dogged by billions of dollars in cost overruns.The twin-reactor project known as V.C. Summer is majority owned by SCANA Corp, with state-owned utility Santee Cooper owning 45 percent."We arrived at this very difficult but necessary decision following months of evaluating the project from all perspectives to determine the most prude