(AP) -- CAYCE, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina Electric & Gas Company plans to discuss concerns about its nuclear operations in light of problems with reactors in Japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami.
The company says it will hold a news conference Tuesday to discuss issues related to the nuclear power plant it operates near Columbia and two reactors it is planning to build there.
SCE&G and state-owned utility Santee Cooper are planning two 1,117-megawatt nuclear electric-generating units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station, that the two companies jointly operate. The company expects the first reactor to be on line in 2016 with the second starting to operate in 2019.
The reactors must still be approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which hasn't licensed a new nuclear plant in decades.
The threat of a nuclear meltdown in Japan prompted NewsChannel 15 to take a closer look at the nuclear facility in Hartsville. To find out what measures the H.B. Robinson Plant has taken to prepare for a possible catastrophic event, click here.
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