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Nuclear power plants in South Carolina

South Carolina has 7 operating nuclear reactors, totalling 6,578 net MWe, across 5 plants. 2 projects are halted. One reactor has been shut down. The first entered service in 1963.

They are operated by Duke Energy, Progress Energy and South Carolina Electric & Gas.

Plants

PlantUnitsTypesStatus todayMWe operating
Oconee3PWR3 operating2,554
Catawba2PWR2 operating2,310
Virgil C Summer3PWRoperating2 construction halted973
H. B. Robinson1PWRoperating741
Carolinas-Virginia Tube Reactor1PHWRshut down

Data: IAEA PRIS · Global Energy Monitor · Wikipedia · editorial review · updated on Sep 9, 2026

States with operating reactors