SCANA puts out small fire at SC Summer reactor

NEW YORK Nov 23 (Reuters) - SCANA Corp's (SCG.N) 966-megawatt Summer nuclear power station in South Carolina was in cold shutdown on Nov. 22 when a fire broke out in a switchgear room, the company told the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in a report.

The company declared an unusual event, the lowest of four NRC emergency classifications, due to the fire.

At the time of the fire, the unit had been shut since Oct. 16 for planned refueling and maintenance.

In the report, the company said the reactor mode was "cold shutdown" not "refueling." Electricity traders guessed that meant the unit was close to exiting the refueling outage.

The company called for off site assistance to help fight the fire, which affected three areas of non-safety switchgear. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by John Picinich) ((scott.disavino@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6072; Reuters Messaging: scott.disavino.reuters.com@reuters.net)) ((For help: Click "Contact Us" in your desk top, click here [HELP] or call 1-800-738-8377 for Reuters Products and +1-888-463-3383 for Thomson products; For client training: training.americas@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646-223-5546))