Santee Cooper Seeking Proposals to Acquire and Finish V.C.
4 days ago · Santee Cooper has served the people of South Carolina for 90 years. Santee Cooper is the state’s largest power provider and the ultimate source of electricity for 2 million people across the state. It also provides clean drinking water to more than 200,000 people.
South Carolina looks to restart construction of two abandoned nuclear …
South Carolina’s largest utility company, Santee Cooper, is the latest energy provider to embrace nuclear power as demand for artificial intelligence continues to soar. Santee Cooper, also known ...
Nuclear Power Plants - South Carolina Emergency Management …
South Carolina has four nuclear power facilities and two closely located in neighboring states. All South Carolina counties, except for five coastal counties (Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, and Georgetown) fall within the 10 or 50-mile emergency planning zones of at least one nuclear power plant .
South Carolina Utility Wants to Sell Unfinished Nuclear Power …
3 days ago · V.C. Summer has one large operating nuclear reactor that was built in 1982 and is run by Dominion Energy, a utility company in Richmond, Va., that bought South Carolina Electric & Gas in 2019.
South Carolina Plans To Restart Mothballed Nuclear Plants To Power …
3 days ago · South Carolina's Santee Cooper is seeking buyers to revive construction at the long-abandoned V.C. Summer Nuclear Station to address the surging energy needs of artificial intelligence.
South Carolina Nuclear Power Plants
South Carolina Information and Evacuation Maps. Nuclear Power Plants - South Carolina Emergency Management Division; U.S. Energy Information Administration - Independent Statistics and Analysis. South Carolina Nuclear Profile; Catawba Nuclear Station. Catawba Nuclear Station 10-Mile Emergency Planning Zone Map; Nuclear Regulatory Commission ...
7 years after SC nuclear debacle, advisory group suggests …
Oct 15, 2024 · COLUMBIA — A nuclear advisory group created by the Legislature is pushing for a study into restarting construction on a pair of nuclear reactors mothballed seven years ago as part of a failed nuclear power plant expansion in South Carolina.
Timeline: How Georgia and South Carolina nuclear reactors ran …
May 25, 2023 · Here’s a timeline of the two nuclear projects: 1970: Georgia Power Co., a unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co., decides to build four nuclear reactors along the Savannah River bordering South Carolina. 1976: Construction resumes at the plant after two of four reactors are cancelled. It’s named for Alvin W. Vogtle, then CEO of Southern Co.
U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent …
Feb 15, 2024 · Nuclear energy is the leading source of electricity generation in South Carolina and produced 55% of total in-state electricity in 2022. 22 South Carolina ranks third in the nation, after Illinois and Pennsylvania, in both nuclear power generating capacity and the amount of electricity generated by nuclear energy. 23 There are a total of eight ...
South Carolina nuclear plant gets warning over another cracked ...
Oct 10, 2023 · Federal officials have issued a warning about a substantial safety violation at a South Carolina nuclear plant after cracks were discovered again in an emergency fuel line.