Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard

Powering Future Decades

December 14, 2007
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New Nuclear Plant Deployment
Current State of the Industry

New Nuclear Plant Orders

Summary: No plant construction contracts initiated; six power companies have ordered large component forgings with three reactor vendors for potential nuclear plants.

Long-Lead Equipment Orders: Large forging orders initiated by AREVA, GE-Hitachi, & Toshiba.

• Dominion, Entergy, and Exelon have contracted with GE-Hitachi for long-lead component forgings.
• AmerenUE and UniStar have contracted with AREVA for long-lead component forgings.
• NRG Energy signed an agreement with Toshiba for long-lead component forgings.
• Only one large forging vender worldwide – Japan Steel Works – capacity limited.

Plant Construction Contracts: No plant contracts have been executed with reactor vendors.