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South Carolina’s Nuclear History
Presented by:
Steve Byrne
SCANA
ASME Nuclear Technical Seminars: Blueprint for New Build
June 5-8, 2011 • Columbia, SC
James Petigru, former SC Attorney
General• After South Carolina seceded in 1860,
Petigru famously remarked, "South
Carolina is too small for a republic and too
large for an insane asylum." This quote is
still used to describe contemporary South
Carolinian politics
• He died in
Charleston,
in 18632
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A Little on SCE&G• Established 1846 (Charleston Gas Light Co.)
• Generation ~5800 MWe
• ~3,500 Employees
• Subsidiary of
• Diversified fleet
– Coal
– CC & SC gas
– Hydro
– Pumped storage
– Nuclear
– Biomass
What’s the Oldest Nuclear
Power Plant in South
Carolina?
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Nuclear in South Carolina
HB
Robinson
CatawbaLee
OconeeV.C. Summer
& Parr
SRS
Barnwell
Westinghouse
FuelsNavy Nuclear
training
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SRS
• 1950, the Atomic Energy Commission
authorized design and construction of the
Savannah River Site near Aiken
• 310 square miles
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•Columbia, SC
•Started production in 1969
Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels
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Barnwell LLRW Facility
Open to Atlantic Compact
235 acres
Original license 1969
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Reprocessing - AGNS
• 1970 - Allied-General Nuclear
Services began constructing
commercial reprocessing plant at
Barnwell, SC
– Capable of 1500 tons/yr
– 400 acres
– ~$350M spent
• 1977 President Carter policy
change
• 1981 - Convinced that the project
could not proceed on a private
basis and that reprocessing was
commercially impracticable,
Allied halted the Barnwell project.
Letter to Energy Secretary Jim
Edwards.9
Navy Nuclear Power Training
Command
Operating in Charleston
since 1998
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Catawba
•Began commercial operation in 1985
•Westinghouse 4 loop design 2258 MW
capacity
•License extension to 204311
V.C. Summer Nuclear Station
• Began commercial operation in 1984
• 3-loop Westinghouse reactor, 966 MW
capacity
• License extension to 2042 12
Oconee
•Began Commercial operation in 1973
•B&W 2 loop design 2538 MW capacity
•Life extension to 2033/203413
H. B. Robinson
•Began Commercial operation in 1971
•3 loop Westinghouse design 710 MW
capacity
•Life extension 203014
Parr
Operated 1963 – 1967
17 MW electric
Construction Cost $46m
Decommissioning Cost $41m15
Parr Under Construction
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Parr Reactor in Operation
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19601966
2006 2009
Parr Through the Years
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Parr June 2009
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Parr
September
2009
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Parr vs AP1000
• The more things change
– Size 1117 MW vs 17
MW
– Cost $9.8b vs $46m
– Passive vs active
– H2O vs D2O
– Modular vs stick built
• The more they stay the
same
– W & Stone Webster
– Innovative design
– Central control room
– Batch plant
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Images are copyrighted and are courtesy of Westinghouse
Electric Company, LLC
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November 2008 –Aerial View
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VC Summer Site - January 2010
Warehouse
Area
Construction
Offices
Equipment
Laydown
Area
VCS
Units
2&3
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VC Summer Units 2&3 - January 2011
Crane
Location Module
Assembly Bldg
VCS #2
excavation
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VC Summer Units 2&3 Tabletop – January 2011
6000 ton counterweight
560 foot twin boom
280 foot back mastTension
column
Rail
Pendant lines
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BIGGE
Heavy Lift
Derrick
(HLD)
Trucks
BIGGE HLD Trucks
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V.C. Summer 2&3Suppliers
Colleges & Universities Supporting• Midlands Tech, Aiken Tech, Spartanburg
Community College, O-C Tech and York Tech
programs for health physics, mechanical
maintenance, I&C, Operators and electrical
maintenance
• Clemson, S.C. State, Francis Marion and USC
have programs for health physics and
engineering
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Nuclear Promise; Less Coal
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As of December 31, 2009
Non-emitting
23.4%Non-emitting
59.4%
Biomass 1.4%
Gas 26%
Coal 50%
Nuclear 18%
Hydro 4%
Current Generation MixBiomass
1.4% Gas 7%
Coal 34%
Nuclear 55%
Hydro 3%
2019 Generation Mix
CO2 Reduction with New Nuclear
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Mil
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Projected Actual 2005 Level 17% below 2005
Again, Welcome to
Columbia
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