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Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard
Powering Future Decades
December 14, 2007
What's New
- On December 13, 2007 Duke Power submitted a COL application for 2 AP 1000 reactors at William Lee.
- MidAmerican announced plans on December 13 to submit a COLA for a plant in Boise, Idaho in late 2008.
- On December 11, AREVA filed for Design Certification of their Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR).
- On December 11, Exelon signed a forging order with GE-Hitachi for two ESBWRs.
- On November 29, NRC docketed STP Nuclear Operating Company's COL application for two ABWRs at the South Texas Project site.
- On November 28, Dominion submitted a COL application for one ESBWR at North Anna.
- On November 28, NRC issued an ESP for North Anna (1 ESBWR)
- On November 12, Exelon selected the ESBWR for its planned 2008 COL application in Matagorda or Victoria County, Texas.
- On October 26, Florida Power & Light tentatively selected the AP1000 for its March 2009 COLA at Turkey Point.
Quick Statistics
- Early Site Permits issued—3
- License applications submitted—4
- Reactor Design Certifications—2
- Nuclear plant locations—20
- Expected companies applying for license—18
- Expected number of reactors—32
- Expected number of license applications—21
Number of Planned Reactors
Vendor Technology Under Consideration
General Electric
- Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR), 1,356 MWe (certified 10CFR52 App A)
- Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR), 1,560 MWe
Westinghouse
- Advanced Passive Pressurized Water Reactor (AP1000), Twin units 1,117 MWe each (certified 10CFR52 App D)
AREVA
- United States Evolutionary Pressurized Water Reactor (US EPR), 1,600 MWe
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry
- United States Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US APWR), 1,700 MWe
Status of License Applications
Announced Nuclear Locations
- Bellefonte (AL)—Tennessee Valley Authority
- Boise (ID)—Mid American
- Bruneau (ID)—Alternate Holding Energy
- Callaway (MO)—AmerenUE
- Calvert Cliffs (MD)—UniStar
- Clinton (IL)—Exelon
- Comanche Peak (TX)—TXU
- Fermi (MI)—DTE Energy
- Grand Gulf (MS)—Entergy
- Harris (NC)—Progress Energy
- Levy County (FL)—Progress Energy
- Nine Mile Point (NY)—UniStar
- North Anna (VA)—Dominion Energy
- River Bend (LA)—Entergy
- South Texas (TX)—STP Nuclear
- Summer (SC)—SCE&G
- Susquehanna (PA)—PPL
- Turkey Point (FL)—Florida Power & Light
- Vogtle (GA)—Southern Nuclear
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Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard |
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Early Site Permit (ESP) > |
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- Three site permits issued by NRC (Clinton, Grand Gulf, North Anna)
- One site permit application under NRC review (Vogtle)
- Submission of three other ESP applications expected in 2010-2012
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License Applications Submitted to NRC
- One COL application docketed for review by NRC (STP Nuclear Operating Co.)
- Three COL applications submitted to NRC (Dominion, TVA-NuStart, and Duke)
- Submission of 17 additional COLs expected in 2008-2009
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Licenses to Build Issued by NRC
- No licenses have been issued to date
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Reactor Design Certification (DC) > |
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- Two advanced reactor designs certified by NRC (ABWR and AP 1000)
- Two reactor designs undergoing NRC certification review (ESBWR and EPR)
- One additional DC application (APWR) expected to be submitted in December 2007
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Long-Lead Equipment Orders Initiated
- Six utilities have ordered large long-lead nuclear component forgings with three reactor vendors
- Only one large forging vendor worldwide—capacity limited
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Plant Engineering and Construction Contracts
- No plant contracts signed to date
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New Nuclear Plant Construction, Operation & Deferral > |
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- No new nuclear plants operating
- Construction of Watts Bar 2 reactor planned for completion by 2013
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Federal Financial Incentives > |
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Standby Support (Risk Insurance)
- Final 10 CFR Part 950 Rule issued August 11, 2006
- Standard Conditional Agreement issued September 2007
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Production Tax Credits
- Internal Revenue Bulletin 2006-18 published May 2006
- Publish regulation for Production Tax Credit in FY08
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Energy Facility Loan Guarantee
- Final 10 CFR Part 609 Rule published October 23, 2007
- Solicitation for small scale loan guarantees closed December 2006
- No solicitation issued for nuclear plant loan guarantees
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Scorecard Legend |
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Implementation proceeding according to plan and schedule |
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Some slippage or other issues requiring adjustment in order to achieve objectives on a timely basis |
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Unlikely to realize objectives absent significant management attention |
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No dates or end date established |
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Indicates change in status or progress since last evaluation |
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