Scana Affiliate Places V.C. Summer Unit 2 Reactor Vessel
Zacks Investment Research | Aug 31, 2016 10:48PM ET
Scana Corporation’s (NYSE:SCG) principal subsidiary, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), has placed the reactor vessel in the containment building of V.C. Summer Unit 2, in collaboration with co-owner, Santee Cooper.
Notably, this is the first reactor vessel to have been set up at a new nuclear plant in the U.S. in over three decades.
The cylindrical reactor vessel will contain fuel to run the reactor as well as other associated components. The strong, protective steel structure is about 35 feet tall and weighs about 305 tons.
Given that the reactor vessel is quite bulky, it was moved from the Port of Charleston to the construction site on a specialty rail car meant to carry heavy loads. A heavy lift derrick with a 560-foot front boom – one of the largest cranes in the world – was used to lift the reactor vessel and place it in its permanent location.
Two 1,117-megawatt Westinghouse AP1000 reactors are being constructed by SCE&G and co-owner Santee Cooper in Fairfield County, SC. The contractor, Westinghouse, has about 3,800 personnel and subcontractor workers on site every day. Fluor is the construction manager. When the two units begin generating electricity, SCE&G estimates more than 60% of its generation to be non-emitting.
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