Virgil C. Summer Nuclear Generating Station
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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 CVTR unit. Monticello reservoir provides cooling water and feeds a pumped storage unit.
This plant has one Westinghouse pressurized water reactor.
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. The remaining 33.3 percent is owned by the South Carolina Public Service Authority.
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