DOE - Office of Nuclear Energy

Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard

Powering Future Decades

July 2, 2008

>What's New

On June 30, DOE announced two nuclear-related solicitations for loan guarantees: $18.5 billion for nuclear power facilities and $2 billion for the "front end" of the nuclear fuel cycle.
On June 23, NRC announced a July 9 public meeting in Fulton, Mo. to discuss Ameren's expected COL application at the Callaway site.
DOE received its second Notice of Intent to Request a Conditional Agreement on June 13.
On June 10, the North Carolina Utilities Commission approved $160 million in pre-construction costs for Duke Energy's proposed William States Lee III plant, in addition to the $70 million already spent.
NRC accepted and docketed Southern Nuclear's COL application for two AP1000 reactors at the Vogtle site on June 9, 2008. NRC has delayed the Vogtle ESP schedule six months to conduct more extensive soil analysis.
DTE Energy has selected the GE-Hitachi ESBWR design for Fermi Unit 3.
With acceptance of the Safety Analysis Report on June 5, 2008, UniStar's full COL application for Calvert Cliffs has been docketed by the NRC.

Quick Statistics

Early Site Permits issued—3
Permits under review—1
Total COL applications submitted—9
COL applications docketed—8
Certified reactor designs—2
Reactor designs under review—4
Expected license applications—23
Expected number of reactors—34
Nuclear plant locations—20
Companies applying for COL—20

Number of Planned Reactors (34)

Number of Planned Reactors -- AP 1000:10(COL Submitted) and 4(Expected), ESBWR:2(COL Submitted) and 4(Expected), USEPR:1(COL Submitted) and 6(Expected), ABWR:2(COL Submitted), USAPWR:2(Expected), Unspecified:3(Expected)

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 (23)

Status of License Applications-- Docketed:8, Under Review for Docketing:1, Expected in 2008:9, Expected in 2009:2, Expected in 2010:3

Announced Nuclear Locations

Bellefonte (AL)—Tennessee Valley Authority
Elmore County (ID)—Alternate Energy Holdings
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 Project (TX)—STP Nuclear
V.C. Summer (SC)—SCE&G
Susquehanna (PA)—PPL
Turkey Point (FL)—Florida Power & Light
Victoria County (TX)—Exelon Generation
Vogtle (GA)—Southern Nuclear
William States Lee III (SC)—Duke Energy

Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard

	Early Site Permit (ESP) >
		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
	Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) >
		License Applications Submitted to NRC Eight COLAs docketed (STP, Bellefonte, Harris, Grand Gulf, North Anna, Lee, Calvert Cliffs, Vogtle) One COL application submitted to NRC awaiting acceptance (V.C. Summer) Submission of 14 additional COLs expected in 2008-2010 Three applications expected in the 3rd quarter (Callaway, Comanche Peak, and Levy County)
		Licenses to Build Issued by NRC NRC anticipates issuing COL 42 months after docketing
	Reactor Design Certification (DC) >
		Two advanced reactor designs certified by NRC (ABWR and AP1000) Four reactor designs undergoing NRC certification review (ESBWR, US-EPR, AP1000 amendment, and US-APWR)
	New Nuclear Plant Orders >
		Long-Lead Equipment Orders Nine utilities have ordered large, long-lead nuclear component forgings from three reactor vendors Twenty-four reactor coolant pumps have been ordered for AP1000 units Japan Steel Works is only manufacturer of ultra-large forgings; worldwide-capacity limited
		Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Contracts (EPC) Two EPC contracts initiated (Vogtle and V.C. Summer) Plant engineering is in progress; completion required to start construction
	New Nuclear Plant Construction, Operation, & Deferral >
		No utility has committed to constructing a new advanced reactor TVA has resumed construction of Watts Bar Unit 2 with completion scheduled in 2013
	Federal Financial Incentives >
		Standby Support (Risk Insurance) Final 10 CFR Part 950 Rule issued August 11, 2006 Two Notices of Intent to Request a Conditional Agreement received by DOE
		Production Tax Credits Internal Revenue Bulletin 2006-18 published May 2006 Publish regulation for Production Tax Credit in FY08
		Energy Facility Loan Guarantee DOE issued solicitations for $18.5 billion in loan guarantees for new nuclear facilities and $2 billion for the nuclear fuel cycle on June 30, 2008 As estimates of the construction costs continue to rise, the authorized amount for loan guarantees may be unable to cover the necessary number of nuclear projects needed to catalyze follow-on nuclear construction fully financed by the private sector

Scorecard Legend

	Implementation proceeding according to plan and schedule
	Progress being made; however, issues or uncertainties exist that could impede progress
	Unlikely to realize objectives absent significant management attention
	No dates or end state established
	Indicates change in status or progress since last evaluation
	Regulatory Demonstration completed. No further government assistance is warranted.