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Duke Energy Submits COL Application

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From Duke Energy:
Duke Energy today submitted a combined construction and operating license (COL) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed two-unit nuclear station in Cherokee County, S.C.

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Duke Energy Carolinas’ resource needs are expected to increase by 10,700 megawatts by 2027. The proposed two-unit William States Lee III Nuclear Station will have a capacity of 2,234 megawatts.

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Duke Energy is the fourth company to submit a COL application to the NRC under the revised licensing process, and the first to submit an application for a greenfield site. The Duke Energy application uses TVA’s Bellefonte COL application as the Westinghouse AP1000 reference application.
Congratulations. The Carolinas' population is projected to increase by about 4.5 million people by 2030 (Table 6). The Southern states will definitely be needing a substantial amount of power especially in the Carolinas, Florida and Georgia region.
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Joffan said…
Great news!

Only the Summer plant to go, then, of the expected '07 applications... and Calvert Cliffs already half in and (I guess) committed to finishing their application in the first month or two of '08.
December 14, 2007 at 4:59 PM
Anonymous said…
Anyone want to conjecture on the probabilty of Duke really moving forward into construction any time soon? It seems like they are more interested in coal and conservation to meet the near term energy demands. I wonder if they have signed any long lead procurement contracts with Toshiba. That seems to be the official signal of "I'm serious" with the NRC for preference on review of the application. I have seen no long lead contracts on the Toshiba side of the equation. I am not sure if that means that no Toshiba customer is serious or if they are being tight-lipped to get some sort of proprietary edge on the competition.
January 2, 2008 at 2:21 PM
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