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January 29, 2025, 3:04PMNuclear News

One of two unfinished Westinghouse AP1000 reactors is shown in this photo of the Summer construction site. (Photo: SCE&G)

South Carolina public utility Santee Cooper and its partner South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) called a halt to the Summer-2 and -3 AP1000 construction project in July 2017, citing costly delays and the bankruptcy of Westinghouse. The well-chronicled legal fallout included indictments and settlements, and ultimately left Santee Cooper with the ownership of nonnuclear assets at the construction site in Jenkinsville, S.C.

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