Quarterly Nuclear Deployment Summary
Moving Toward Deployment
January 2011
Quarterly News
- Duke Energy plans to buy Progress Energy in a stock deal valued at $13.7 billion. Together the two companies would have 12 nuclear units at seven stations, with six units in South Carolina, five in North Carolina, and one in Florida. Nuclear power would account for about 16 percent of their combined generating capacity and about 31 percent of actual generation.
- Dominion and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have reached an agreement to continue pre-construction, engineering and planning work in preparation for a third nuclear unit at Dominion's North Anna nuclear plant in Virginia. The engineering and planning work will continue while awaiting Dominion's decision on a construction start date, along with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's review of a combined construction and operating license for the new North Anna unit. Dominion expects to receive their combined operating license in early 2013.
- NRC’s Atomic Safety & Licensing Board dismissed 3 of 4 remaining contentions against the proposed two reactor plant located next to the Comanche Peak nuclear plant. The ASLB panel stated that it will rule on the one remaining contention in the near future.
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COL Applications Submitted
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| UTILITY |
SITE/
LOCATION |
REACTOR/
NO. UNITS |
COLA
DATES |
REVIEW PHASE |
| Submitted |
Docketed |
Safety4 |
Environ.5 |
| Southern Nuclear |
Vogtle |
GA |
AP10001 |
2 |
3/08 |
5/30/08 |
Ph. 4 |
ESP |
| STP Nuclear Operating Co. |
South Texas Project |
TX |
ABWR1 |
2 |
9/07 |
11/29/07 |
Ph. 2 |
Ph. 4 |
| Luminant (TXU) |
Comanche Peak |
TX |
US-APWR1 |
2 |
9/19/08 |
12/2/08 |
Ph. 2 |
Ph. 3 |
| UniStar (Constellation) |
Calvert Cliffs |
MD |
US-EPR1 |
1 |
3/08 |
6/3/08 |
Ph. 1 |
Ph. 4 |
| DTE Energy |
Fermi |
MI |
ESBWR |
1 |
09/18/08 |
11/25/08 |
Ph. 1 |
Ph. 2 |
| Dominion Energy |
North Anna |
VA |
US-APWR |
1 |
11/07 |
1/28/08 |
Ph. 4 |
EIS Issued |
| Duke Energy |
William States Lee |
SC |
AP1000 |
2 |
12/07 |
2/25/08 |
Ph. A |
Ph. 2 |
| Florida Power and Light |
Turkey Point |
FL |
AP1000 |
2 |
6/30/09 |
9/8/09 |
Ph. A |
Ph. 1 |
| PPL (UniStar) |
Bell Bend |
PA |
US-EPR |
1 |
10/10/08 |
12/19/08 |
Ph. B |
Ph. 2 |
| Progress Energy |
Shearon Harris |
NC |
AP1000 |
2 |
2/08 |
4/17/08 |
Ph. A |
Ph. 2 |
| Progress Energy |
Levy County |
FL |
AP1000 |
2 |
7/30/08 |
10/6/08 |
Ph. A |
Ph. 3 |
| SCE&G |
V.C. Summer |
SC |
AP1000 |
2 |
3/08 |
7/31/08 |
Ph. B |
Ph. 2 |
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Suspended
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| Entergy (NuStart) |
Grand Gulf |
MS |
Unspecified |
1 |
2/08 |
4/17/08 |
Suspended |
Suspended |
| Entergy |
River Bend |
LA |
Unspecified |
1 |
9/25/08 |
12/4/08 |
Suspended |
Suspended |
| AmerenUE (UniStar) |
Callaway |
MO |
US-EPR |
1 |
7/24/08 |
12/12/08 |
Suspended |
Suspended |
| UniStar (Constellation) |
Nine Mile Point |
NY |
US-EPR |
1 |
9/30/08 |
12/12/08 |
Suspended |
Ph. 1 |
| TVA (NuStart) |
Bellefonte |
AL |
AP1000 |
2 |
10/07 |
1/18/08 |
Ph. 1 |
Ph. 2 |
1 Reference COL Application (R-COL)
4 Safety Review Phases:
| R-COL: |
Ph 1 |
Issue RAIs |
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Ph 2 |
SER w/ Open Items |
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Ph 3 |
ACRS Review |
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Ph 4 |
Advanced SER/ No OI |
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Ph 5 |
ACRS Review |
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Ph 6 |
Final SER |
| S-COL: |
Ph A |
Issue RAIs & supplemental RAIs |
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Ph B |
Advanced SER/ No OI |
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Ph C |
ACRS Review |
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Ph D |
Final SER |
5 Environmental Review Phases:
| Ph 1 |
Environmental Scoping Report |
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Ph 2 |
Draft EIS |
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Ph 3 |
Public comment |
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Ph 4 |
Final EIS |
Nuclear Power Deployment Status |
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Early Site Permit (ESP) >
- Four ESPs issued by NRC.
- Two ESP applications under NRC review.
- Two ESP applications expected in 2010-2012.
Design Certification (DC) >
- Two reactor designs that are being considered for future builds are certified; three new designs and one amendment are under 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 >
- Eight 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.
- Site prep work has started at four facilities.
Federal Financial Incentives >
- Nuclear Power Loan Guarantees – DOE authorized to guarantee $20.5 billion in loans for nuclear projects; $10.33 billion has been conditionally committed.
- 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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