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Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard
Powering Future Decades
October 6, 2008
What's New
- NRC docketed Progress Energy's COL application for two reactors in Levy County, FL on October 6, 2008.
- Constellation Energy submitted a COL application on September 30 to build an EPR at Nine Mile Point in New York.
- Seventeen power companies submitted 19 loan guarantee applications for 14 sites with a total of 21 reactors by the Part I deadline of 9/29/08.
- Two fuel cycle companies have submitted loan guarantee applications by the 9/29/08 deadline.
- On September 26, NRC announced a hearing for opportunity to intervene in UniStar's Calvert Cliffs COL. The date has not yet been established.
- Entergy submitted a COL application to build an ESBWR at its River Bend facility in Louisiana on September 25.
- NRC and the Army Corps of Engineers signed a Memorandum of Understanding on September 23, outlining each agency's role in the environmental aspect of nuclear plant licenses.
- Luminant submitted a COL application for two US-APWR reactors at Comanche Peak near Glen Rose, TX on September 19. Luminant and Mitsubishi agreed to form a joint venture to develop the facility.
- Detroit Edison submitted a COL application to build an ESBWR at its Fermi facility near Newport, MI on September 18.
Quick Statistics
- Early Site Permits issued—3
- Permits under review—1
- COL applications submitted—16
No. reactors submitted—25
- COL applications docketed—10
No. reactors docketed—17
- Total expected license applications—23
Expected number of reactors—34
- Certified reactor designs—2
- Reactor designs under review—4
- Announced plant locations—20
- Companies applying for COL—20
Number of Planned Reactors (34)
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 (23)
Announced Nuclear Locations
- Bell Bend (PA)—PPL (formerly Susquehanna)
- 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
- 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
- Turkey Point (FL)—Florida Power & Light
- Victoria County (TX)—Exelon Generation
- Vogtle (GA)—Southern Nuclear
- William States Lee III (SC)—Duke Energy
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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
- Ten COLAs docketed (STP, Bellefonte, Harris, Grand Gulf, North Anna, Lee, Calvert Cliffs, Vogtle, V.C. Summer, and Levy Co.)
- Six pending acceptance (River Bend, Callaway, Victoria Co., Fermi, Comanche Peak, Nine Mile Pt.)
- Submission of 8 additional COLs expected in 2008-2010
- One application expected in October (Bell Bend)
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Status of Reference R-COLs
- All five R-COLs have been submitted; four (Bellefonte, North Anna, Calvert Cliffs, South Texas) have begun Phase 1 of the Safety Review
- Comanche Peak is undergoing NRC acceptance review for docketing
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Reactor Design Certification (DC) > |
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- Two advanced reactor designs certified by NRC (ABWR and AP1000)
- Four reactor designs undergoing NRC review (ESBWR, US-EPR, AP1000 amend., and US-APWR
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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
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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
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- No utility has committed to constructing a new advanced reactor
- TVA has resumed construction of Watts Bar Unit 2 with completion scheduled in 2013
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Standby Support (Risk Insurance)
- Final 10 CFR Part 950 Rule issued August 11, 2006
- Three Notices of Intent to Request a Conditional Agreement received by DOE
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Production Tax Credits
- Internal Revenue Bulletin 2006-18 published May 2006
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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
- Seventeen power companies have submitted 19 applications for 14 sites. Two companies have submitted loan guarantee applications for fuel cycle facilities.
- As construction cost estimates rise, the authorized amount for loan guarantees may be insufficient to catalyze follow-on nuclear construction fully financed by the private sector
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Scorecard Legend |
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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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