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License Renewals, Projections of New Units, and Extended Loss of All AC Power Joint FERC/NRC Meeting Brian Smith, Deputy Director Division of Engineering Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation May 28, 2014

Projected Fleet Capacity Projected Fleet Capacity Graph courtesy of the Department of Energy. 2

New React New Reactor Licensing or Licensing in the U.S. in the U.S. Design Certifications ABWR – 1,300 MWe ESBWR – 1,500 MWe AP1000 – 1,000 MWe US APWR – 1,700 MWe U.S. EPR – 1,600 MWe 3

Projected New Nuclear Power Projected New Nuclear Power Rea Reactor ctors s – Larg Large LWRs e LWRs 4

Active Activ e Cons Construction truction Sites Sites Power er Lice Licensing nsing Un Unit it Gener Gen eration tion Ope Operation tion Sta Statu tus Outpu Output (M t (MWe) e) Watts Bar Construction 1,150 Dec. 2015 Unit 2 Permit Issued License Vogtle Unit 3 1,000 Dec. 2017 Issued License Vogtle Unit 4 1,000 Dec. 2018 Issued V.C. Summer License 1,000 Dec. 2017 Unit 2 Issued V.C. Summer License 1,000 Dec. 2018 Unit 3 Issued 5

First Concrete Pours at First Concrete Pours at Vogtle Vogtle and S and Summer ummer Summer - concrete Summer concrete pumps pump s place placement ment March 2013 March 2013 Vogtle Vogt le – basemat basemat March 2013 March 2013 6

Vog Vogtle and Summer tle and Summer Nuclea Nuclear Island r Island Cons Construction truction Summer Summ er – Nuclear Island Nuclear Island May 2014 May 2014 Vogtle – Auxiliary Vogtle Auxiliary Building Building (Modu (Module le CA CA-20 20 Placement) Placement) March 2014 March 2014 7

Dev Developme elopment of Adva nt of Advanced nced and and Small Modular Reacto Small Modular Reactors rs Non-Light Water Reactors iPWR Designs NuScale B&W High Temperature mPower Gas-Cooled Reactors (HTGRs) Liquid Metal Reactors Westinghouse Holtec SMR SMR-160 PRISM 4S 8

Mitiga Mitigation Strateg tion Strategies for ies for Extended Loss Extended Loss of A of All ll AC Power AC Power • Overview – Maintain/restore core cooling, containment, and spent fuel pool cooling following beyond-design- basis external events – Use installed, portable, and off-site equipment 9

Act Active Staff R ive Staff Review eview and and Rulemaking Rulemaking • Status – Order: Interim Evaluations and reviews at operating facilities – Rulemaking: Ongoing rulemaking process • Next Steps – Order: Safety Evaluations; post- compliance inspections – Rulemaking: Final rule will codify the requirements 10

Acronyms • ESBWR - Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor • U.S. EPR – U.S. EPR • US-APWR – Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor • ABWR – Advanced Boiling Water Reactor • AP1000 – Advanced Passive 1000 • APR1400 – APR1400 11

Acronyms • MWe _ Mega-watts electric • LWR – Light Water Reactor • iPWR – Integral Pressurized Water Reactor • AC – Alternate Current May 28, 2014 12