The steam generator was supplied by Doosan of Korea and shipped via the Port of Charleston, completing its journey by rail on a carriage specially designed to transport heavy, oversized loads.
South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) and co-owner Santee Cooper are building two AP1000s at Summer. Westinghouse is the contractor for the project, and Fluor is the construction manager. Construction began on both units in 2013, with unit 2 expected to start up in 2019 and unit 3 in 2020. A single pressurized water reactor unit is already in operation at the site.
Two AP1000 units are also under construction at Vogtle in Waynesboro, Georgia and two each at Sanmen and Haiyang in China. All four Chinese units are scheduled to be in operation by the end of this year.
Researched and written
by World Nuclear News