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Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard
Powering Future Decades
March 3, 2008
What's New
- NRC docketed Mitsubishi's US-APWR Design Certification application on February 29, 2008.
- Entergy and NuStart submitted a COL application for an ESBWR at Grand Gulf on February 27.
- NRC docketed Duke's COLA for two AP1000 reactors at William States Lee III Nuclear Station on February 25.
- NRC docketed AREVA's US-EPR Design Certification application on February 25.
- Progress Energy submitted a COL application for two AP1000 reactors at Shearon Harris on February 19.
- On February 13, NRC canceled a planned hearing for NRG's South Texas Project COLA; this will extend the deadline for petition to intervene.
- On January 31, a company remaining anonymous informed NRC of its intention to submit a COL application in 2010.
Quick Statistics
- Early Site Permits issued—3
- Permits under review—1
- Total COL applications submitted—6
- Certified reactor designs—2
- Reactor designs under review—4
- Expected license applications—22
- Expected number of reactors—33
- Nuclear plant locations—19
- Companies applying for COL—19
Number of Planned Reactors (33)
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
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Status of License Applications (22)
Announced Nuclear Locations
- Bellefonte (AL)—Tennessee Valley Authority
- Bruneau (ID)—Alternate Holding Energy
- Callaway (MO)—AmerenUE
- Calvert Cliffs (MD)—UniStar
- Clinton (IL)—Exelon
- Comanche Peak (TX)—Luminant (formerly TXU)
- Fermi (MI)—DTE Energy
- Grand Gulf (MS)—Entergy
- Shearon 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
- V.C. Summer (SC)—SCE&G
- Susquehanna (PA)—PPL
- Turkey Point (FL)—Florida Power & Light
- Vogtle (GA)—Southern Nuclear
- William States Lee III (SC)—Duke Energy
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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
- Four COL applications docketed for review by NRC (STP, Bellefonte, North Anna, and Lee)
- One partial COLA docketed–environmental portion only (Calvert Cliffs)
- Two COL applications submitted to NRC awaiting acceptance (Grand Gulf and Harris)
- Submission of 16 additional COLs expected in 2008-2010
- Three applications expected in March (V.C. Summer, Vogtle, and Calvert Cliffs)
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Licenses to Build Issued by NRC
- NRC anticipates issuing COL 42 months after docketing
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Reactor Design Certification (DC) > |
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- Two advanced reactor designs certified by NRC (ABWR and AP 1000)
- Four reactor designs undergoing NRC certification review (ESBWR, US-EPR, AP1000 amendment, and US-APWR)
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Long-Lead Equipment Orders
- Six utilities have ordered large long-lead nuclear component forgings with three reactor vendors
- No other long-lead equipment (e.g., heat exchanger and generator) have been ordered to date
- Japan Steel Works is only manufacturer of ultra-large forgings worldwide–capacity limited
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Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contracts (EPC)
- No plant contracts signed to date; negotiations on-going among vendors and several utilities
- Plant engineering in progress; completion required to start construction
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New Nuclear Plant Construction, Operation & Deferral > |
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- No utility has committed to constructing a new plant
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Standby Support (Risk Insurance)
- Final 10 CFR Part 950 Rule issued August 11, 2006
- Standard Conditional Agreement issued September 2007
- DOE released on-line instructions to request a Conditional Agreement in December 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 amended January 18, 2008
- Solicitation for small scale loan guarantees closed December 2006
- No solicitation issued for nuclear plant loan guarantees
- $18.5 billion approved for loan guarantees for nuclear plants December 2007
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Implementation proceeding according to plan and schedule |
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Progress being made; however, issues or uncertainties exist that could impede progress |
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Unlikely to realize objectives absent significant management attention |
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No dates or end state established |
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Indicates change in status or progress since last evaluation |
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Regulatory Demonstration completed. No further government assistance is warranted. |
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