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Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard
Moving Toward Deployment
April 2010
Quarterly News
- Exelon submitted an ESP application for the Victoria County site on March 25, 2010, replacing the COL application that they withdrew on July 1, 2009. NRC will conduct a public meeting in Victoria, TX, on April 15 to discuss their review of the ESP application.
- An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) panel will meet on April 7 in Bay City, Texas, regarding requests to intervene in a hearing for the South Texas Project COL application.
- NRC completed its environmental review for the North Anna COLA and issued the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) February 28, 2010, documenting no environmental impacts that would preclude issuing a COL.
- DOE offered a conditional agreement to Entergy on February 16 for $8.33 billion in loan guarantees for two AP100 units at Vogtle located in Burke, Georgia. This is the first such agreement for a nuclear plant and the fifth overall under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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.
- One ESP applications under NRC review.
- Three 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.
- Four COL applications suspended pending technology decision or for financial reasons.
- One COL application withdrawn and replaced with ESP application.
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 Shearon Harris).
- 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 reactors 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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