Quarterly Nuclear Deployment Summary

Moving Toward Deployment

April 2012
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New Nuclear Plant Orders

Summary: Six plant construction contracts have been initiated; nine power companies have ordered large component forgings from three reactor vendors for potential nuclear plants; one vendor ordered other large equipment.

Long-Lead Equipment Orders: Toshiba and Westinghouse have placed large forging orders.

• SCE&G and Southern have contracted with Westinghouse for long-lead component forgings.
• AREVA’s heavy component manufacturing facility in Newport News, Virginia has been postponed until market conditions become more favorable
• The first AP1000 component for the plant’s auxiliary building was delivered to the Vogtle site in July 2011 from Shaw Modular Solutions located in Port of Lake Charles Louisiana.

Plant Construction Contracts:Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contracts signed for plants; a term sheet for a future EPC contract has been signed for one plant.

• Southern Nuclear with Westinghouse and Shaw Group for two AP1000s at Vogtle.
• SCE&G and Santee Cooper with Westinghouse for two AP1000s at V.C. Summer.
• Progress Energy with Westinghouse and Shaw Group for two AP1000s at Levy County.
• STPNOC with Toshiba for two ABWRs at South Texas Project.
• TVA has signed a contract with AREVA for Engineering, Construction and component-replacement at Bellefonte Unit 1.
• NuScale has signed an agreement with Fluor Corp. for engineering and construction services for future NuScale facilities.