SC is a leader in nuclear energy…why?

By Mike Switzer

Published May 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Craig Stover, senior director for new nuclear deployment at Dominion Engineering in Fort Mill, SC

The American Nuclear Society recently named our state third in the nation for nuclear power production. What is it about our state that puts us in such an esteemed position for nuclear energy? Mike Switzer interviews Craig Stover, senior director for new nuclear deployment at Dominion Engineering in Fort Mill, SC.

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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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