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Santee Cooper Reviews Bids As Plans Advance For Completion Of Abandoned Summer Nuclear Project

By David Dalton
27 October 2025

US state utility says it is in a position to ‘seize the opportunity’ on revival of AP1000 construction

Santee Cooper Reviews Bids As Plans Advance For Completion Of Abandoned Summer Nuclear Project
The project to build two new Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at Summer had cost nearly $10bn before it was shut down in 2017. Courtesy SCE&G.
The board of state-owned utility Santee Cooper has met to review bids from more than 50 companies interested in restarting construction of two unfinished AP1000 reactors at South Carolina’s Summer nuclear power station.

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