Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard

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March 3, 2008
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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; but no other long-lead equipment have been ordered to date.

• 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.
• Japan Steel Works currently only ultra-large forging vender worldwide – capacity limited; AREVA, Lehigh Heavy Forge, BWXT and the Russian Uralmash-Izhora Group (OMZ) are reportedly developing forging capabilities.

Plant Construction Contracts: No plant contracts have been executed with reactor vendors. Currently, reactor vendors have yet to complete final plant engineering designs (excluding site-specific engineering). As a result, utilities await their completion as it would provide more certainty regarding plant cost.