Westinghouse Columbia
Hopkins, SC
Facility Data
Fuel Cycle Facilities
Fuel cycle plants at this site, as listed in the IAEA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Database: what each plant does, its scale and design capacity, the years it operated, its current status and who operates it.
1 facility: 1 in operation.
| Facility | Type | Scale | Design Capacity | Operated | Status | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility | Fuel Fabrication (U Pellet, Pin, FA) | Commercial | 1350 t U/year | 1969– | In Operation | Westinghouse Electric Corporation |
Source: IAEA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities Database (NFCFDB), as of 2026-10-13.
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Per Diem Rates FY 2027
Per diem covers lodging and meals & incidental expenses (M&IE) for government and contractor travel near this facility. Rates are from GSA for FY 2027.
$115
Lodging/Night
$74
M&IE/Day
$189
Total/Day
Columbia, Richland / Lexington County, SC
Unemployment Benefits SC
Maximum state unemployment insurance benefits for SC. Actual benefits depend on your earnings history and may be lower than the maximum. Data as of Jan 2026.
$326
Max Weekly
20
Max Weeks
$6,520
Max Total
7-day waiting period before benefits begin
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33.8826, -80.918
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Plant Facts
About This Site
Written by NukeWorker from public records: facts that do not change. Operator, status and capacity come from the live data elsewhere on this page. Sources: Westinghouse: Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility; Westinghouse: Columbia FFF FAQs; South Carolina DES: Westinghouse public meeting (2019).
The Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility is a nuclear fuel plant on Bluff Road in Hopkins, in Richland County, South Carolina, just outside the state capital of Columbia. It converts uranium hexafluoride to uranium dioxide by the ammonium diuranate process and makes fuel for commercial nuclear power reactors.
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Westinghouse opened the facility in 1969, although another Westinghouse page gives 1968 as the year it launched. The U.S. Atomic Energy Commission issued the first license in 1969. In 2011 a breach was found in the contaminated wastewater line, and the underground piping system was later abandoned and replaced with new surface piping.