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 ...

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G), a subsidiary of SCANA Corp., placed the nuclear island basemat on March 11 for V.C. Summer Unit 2 in South Carolina.

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. (SCE&G) announced the completion of another major construction milestone at its V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County, S.C. Having completed the first ...

When the failed V.C. Summer nuclear plant was abandoned in 2017, it left behind more than just steel and concrete. It left a cautionary tale of overpromised technology, financial disaster and ...

On March 11, two years after the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, crews at South Carolina Gas and Electric's V.C. Summer Unit 2 marked a more auspicious milestone: the first ...

Safety-related concrete has been poured for the basemat of the first of two AP1000 units at the VC Summer plant in South Carolina. The milestone marks the official start of construction of the USA's ...

The V.C. Summer nuclear site is in the small community of Jenkinsville in Fairfield County, about 25 miles northwest of Columbia. The existing reactor began production of energy in the 1980s.

Due to their advanced stage of construction and the large components onsite, South Carolina's VC Summer 2 and 3 are in prime ...

At least 16 giant cranes dot the skyline over the V.C. Summer nuclear plant north of Columbia, a year after S.C. Electric & Gas won approval to start building two new reactors.

VC Summer units 2 and 3, abandoned in 2017, are looking for a buyer; owners say tech industry needs are a perfect fit Abandoned in 2017, a pair of incomplete South Carolina nuclear reactors may ...

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 ...