The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed for a second time the operating licence of the single unit VC Summer Nuclear Station in South Caroline for an additional 20 years. Its licence will now expire in August 2062. VC Summer is a 973 MWe Westinghouse 3-loop pressurised water reactor, which began commercial operation in 1984. It received a previous 20-year licence extension from 2022 to 2042.
The plant is majority owned by Dominion Energy South Carolina. NRC said the application requesting authorisation to operate from 60 to 80 years proceeded on two tracks. A safety evaluation report was issued in February 2025, and a final supplemental environmental impact statement was issued in May 2025.
