Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard

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December 5, 2008
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New Nuclear Plant Deployment
Current State of the Industry

New Nuclear Plant Orders

Summary: Three 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; two vendors are building large fabrications facilities.

Long-Lead Equipment Orders: Large forging orders initiated by AREVA, GE-Hitachi, Toshiba and Westinghouse; Westinghouse has also ordered reactor coolant pumps.

• Progress, SCE&G, and Southern have contracted with Westinghouse for long-lead component forgings.
• 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 Russia's Uralmash-Izhora Group (OMZ) reportedly developing forging capabilities.
• Areva and Northrop Grumman plan to build a facility in Newport News, VA to manufacture heavy components for the EPR.
• Shaw and Westinghouse plan to build a facility near Lake Charles, LA to fabricate structural and equipment modules for the AP1000.

Plant Construction Contracts: Three plants have Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts.

• Southern Nuclear has an EPC contract with Westinghouse/Shaw Group for two AP1000s at Vogtle. Start of early site construction is delayed 6 months pending resolution of technical issue pertaining to soil.
• SCE&G and Santee Cooper have an EPC contract with Westinghouse for two AP1000s at the V.C. Summer site.
• Toshiba has an EPC contract with Fluor Corp. for two ABWRs at South Texas Project.

Spent Fuel Disposal Contracts: Standard DOE contract for disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste available.

• Contracts under 10 CFR Part 961 available October 31, 2008.
• Two COL applicants, Duke Energy and Southern Nuclear Co., publicly announced signing of disposal contracts with DOE.