Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station

Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station

Infobox Nuclear power plant
Utility= South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (66.7%) South Carolina Public Service Authority (33.3%)
Location=Fairfield County, South Carolina
coords= coord|34|15.85|N|81|19.75|W |region:US-SC_type:landmark |display=inline,title
Supplier=Westinghouse
Type=pressurized water reactor
Generators=
Reactor = 1
Reactor_MW = 986
P_Reactor = 2
P_Reactor_MW = 2,200
S_Reactor = 1
Capacity=
Architect=
Construction=
Cost=
Built=
Start=November 12 1982
Expires=November 12 2042
Region= Region II

The Virgil C. Summer nuclear power station occupies a site near Jenkinsville, South Carolina in Fairfield County, South Carolina. The site includes the decommissioned experimental Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor (CVTR) unit, just outside the site of the old town of Parr, SC. The CVTR was a 17 MWe, heavy water reactor. The Monticello reservoir (not to be confused with the Monticello Nuclear Generating Station in Minnesota) provides cooling water and feeds a pumped storage unit.

This plant has one Westinghouse pressurized water reactor, which has received approval of a 20-year license extension, taking the license expiration from 2022 to 2042.

In 2001, the Summer unit operated at 79.9 percent of capacity, producing 6.76 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.

About two-thirds (66.7 percent) of the Summer plant is owned by its operator, the South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G, a subsidiary of the SCANA corporation). The remaining 33.3 percent is owned by the South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper).

On May 27, 2008 SCE&G and Santee Cooper announced an EPC contract had been reached with Westinghouse to build two new AP1000 nuclear units at the site. [cite news |url=http://www.scana.com/en/investor-relations/news-releases/sceg-santee-cooper-to-build-nuclear-units.htm |publisher=SCANA Press Release|title=SCE&G & Santee Cooper Announce Contract to Build Two New Nuclear Units |date=May 27, 2008 |accessdate=2008-06-20] Costs are estimated to be approximately $9.8 billion for both AP1000 units, plus transmission facility and financing costs. The operators are filing an application to increase customers bills by $1.2 billion (2.5%) during the construction period to partially finance capital costs. [cite news |url=http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectionCode=132&storyCode=2049832 |title=Summer time for AP1000 |publisher=Nuclear Engineering International |date=5 June 2008 |accessdate=2008-06-20]

References

External links

* [http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/at_a_glance/reactors/summer.html DoE Page]


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