Location: Jenkinsville, South Carolina Utility: South Carolina Electric and Gas Company Reactor Supplier: Westinghouse Corporation Capacity: 942 net MWe Reactor Type: Pressurized water reactor Date of Operation: November 1982 License Expiration date: 08/06/2022 Electricity Produced in 1997: 7.3 billion kWh 1997 Average Capacity Factor: 87.0%
The Virgil C. Summer nuclear station occupies a site in Fairfield County near
Jenkinsville, South Carolina. The site is about 26 miles southwest of Columbia.
The plant was named after a former chief executive officer and chairman of the
board.
The
decommissioned
experimental
Carolinas Virginia
Tube Reactor (CVTR)
is located 2.5 miles
north of Parr, South
Carolina, on the
same site as the
operating Virgil C.
Summer plant.
