This aerial photo shows the V.C. Summer nuclear power plant site in Fairfield County north of Columbia. One reactor was built in the 1980s, but two others proposed during an expansion project were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State-owned Santee Cooper said Wednesday it will seek proposals to acquire and complete two nuclear reactors that were left ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Santee Cooper says it wants to restart construction on two previously failed nuclear reactor plants at their VC Summer site. The utility company on Monday sent a letter to ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C., Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Responding to interest nationally in new nuclear power to help meet growing electricity needs, Santee Cooper today launched a process seeking ...

Scattered across a flat, weed-filled plain northwest of Columbia are hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment that went unused when two power companies abandoned an atomic energy project ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nuclear reactor assemblies pictured Sept. 12, 2024, in storage at VC Summer nuclear site near Fairfield. (Provided by S.C. Nuclear ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS/AP) - Santee Cooper announced Friday that a private company will take over the revival of its failed, multi-billion-dollar nuclear project. The utility’s board approved a letter of ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (WIS) - Santee Cooper announced Monday that it has reached a $2.7 billion agreement to revive its failed nuclear initiative. Officials said the utility reached a memorandum of ...

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After a thorough, expert-driven review of proposals from global leaders in the nuclear power industry, the Santee Cooper Board of Directors approved today a ...

The unfinished Unit 2 reactor containment building at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant, September 2024. The nuclear expansion project was never finished. It was abandoned in 2017 amid construction delays ...