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Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard
Moving Toward Deployment
October 2009
Quarterly News
- The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) scheduled meetings for two design-specific subcommittees to review details of the license applications:
- EPR Subcommittee Sept 9
- ESBWR Subcommittee Oct 20-22
- NRC held public meetings Tuesday, Oct. 6, in Sweetwater, Tennessee, to discuss the Tennessee Valley Authority's Operating License application for a second reactor at Watts Bar.
- Florida Power and Lights's COL application for two AP1000 reactors at the Turkey Point site near Homestead, Florida was docketed by NRC on September 8.
- Southern Nuclear Operating Company received an ESP and Limited Work Authorization (LWA) for its Vogtle site in Georgia on August 26.
Proposed Sites of New U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants |
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Emerging Nuclear Reactor Designs
- Advanced Passive Pressurized Water Reactor (AP1000) – Twin units, 1,117 MWe each (Westinghouse International)
- Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) – 1,356 MWe (General Electric)
- Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) – 1,560 MWe (General Electric)
- United States Advanced Power Reactor (US-APWR) – 1,700 MWe (Mitsubishi Heavy Industry)
- United States Evolutionary Power Reactor (US-EPR) – 1,600 MWe (AREVA)
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Nuclear Power Deployment Status |
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Early Site Permit (ESP) >
- Four ESPs issued by NRC.
- No ESP applications under NRC review.
- Four ESP applications expected in 2010-2012.
Design Certification (DC) >
- Two advanced reactor designs certified by NRC.
- Four reactor designs undergoing NRC review.
Combined Construction & Operating License (COL) >
- Eighteen COL applications submitted to NRC.
- Thirteen COL applications under NRC review.
- Five COL applications are suspended, pending technology decision or for financial reasons.
New Nuclear Plant Orders >
- Nine utilities have ordered large, long-lead nuclear component forgings from three reactor vendors.
- Four Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Contracts signed (Vogtle, V.C. Summer, STP, and Progress).
- TVA resumed construction of Watts Bar 2; construction permits reinstated for Bellefonte 1 & 2.
Federal Financial Incentives >
- Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees – DOE authorized to guarantee $18.5 billion in loans for nuclear power projects.
- Standby Support (Risk Insurance) – DOE authorized to issue insurance to six plants to cover delays in operations attributed to NRC licensing reviews or litigation.
- Production Tax Credits – 1.8 cents/kw tax credit for the first 6,000 Mwe of deployed nuclear power.
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