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These modular, simple, smaller plants might be perfect for the numerous markets that cannot support the 1000 MW units that nuclear companies have traditionally preferred to sell.

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The plants are about 1/6 the size of traditional light water reactors, generating about 165 MW of electric power, so the partnership would need to build a series of as many as 30 plants to fill that single need. The current project status report states that the South African organization intends to build 4000 – 5000 MWe of PBMR capacity. The partnership is well on its way to building the first unit of its Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, an exciting new technology that may revolutionize the power generation and distribution business. In New Zealand, a group of farmers recently demanded that the country’s major electricity supplier investigate the possibility of building nuclear power plants to supply the northern coastal cities instead of building long transmission lines.Įskom, one of the largest electric utility companies in the world, along with its partner BNFL are the major investors in a huge project run by PBMR (Pty) Ltd. (Note: Westinghouse’s insider nickname is based on its distinctive corporate logo.)įinland has begun the detailed design and construction phase for its fifth nuclear power station after an exhaustive analysis of all available technologies to supply its growing population with reliable electricity.

The loan would come into effect should the venerable circle W win in what is currently a three company competition to supply a rapidly expanding Chinese power demand.

The President emphasized his support for expanding the use of “safe, clean nuclear energy” in his 2005 State of the Union address and the US Export-Import bank recently announced that it would support Westinghouse’s bid to supply four new reactors to China by offering a 5 billion dollar loan commitment.

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The five identified efforts include a consortium led by Excelon that is investigating an early site permit at the site of the Clinton power station, one led by Dominion Resources that is investigating the possibility of adding one or two units to their North Anna site, one led by Entergy that is seeking early approval for new stations at its Grand Gulf site, a Duke Power project to seek a combined operating license (COL) to build and operate a new station without specifying the station location, and a project led by Southern Company to seek an early site permit sometime in 2006. There are at least five large partnerships in the United States that are preparing to build new nuclear power plants, though all of them are keeping a rather low profile. The ‘n’ word is definitely back in fashion.

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