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The economic impact of nuclear in South Carolina

By Mike Switzer

Published April 5, 2024 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Jim Little, co-chair of the Southeast Nuclear Advisory Council and industry representative on the SC Nuclear Advisory Council

Since the scandalous collapse of the SCE&G nuclear plant in the Midlands several years ago, most people in our state are under the impression that that once vibrant industry became relatively dormant. But not so, says our next guest. Mike Switzer interviews Jim Little, co-chair of the Southeast Nuclear Advisory Council and an industry representative on our governor’s SC Nuclear Advisory Council.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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