Quarterly Nuclear Deployment Summary

Moving Toward Deployment

January 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; two vendors are building large fabrication facilities.

Long-Lead Equipment Orders: Toshiba and Westinghouse have placed large forging orders; Westinghouse has also ordered reactor coolant pumps and containment liner plates.

• SCE&G and Southern have contracted with Westinghouse for long-lead component forgings.
• Japan Steel Works is expanding capacity; AREVA, Doosan, BWXT, and Russia’s Uralmash-Izhora Group (OMZ) are among those reportedly developing large forging capabilities.
• AREVA’s heavy component manufacturing facility in Newport News, Virginia has been postponed until market conditions become more favorable
• Shaw and Westinghouse built a 410,000-square-foot facility at the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana, to produce structural, piping, equipment, and other modules for the AP1000 technology.

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.