Nuclear Power Deployment Scorecard
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Current Scorecard - November 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.
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