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GE Hitachi and Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design
David Powell Vice President, Nuclear Power Plant Sales - Europe
2013 Platts European Nuclear Power Conference
Warsaw, Poland
26-27 June 2013
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Nuclear energy today
Safe. Economical. Smart .
• 435 Nuclear power plants
operating in 30 countries
producing 13% of the world’s
electricity.
• 60 reactors being constructed in
13 countries, mostly in Asia.
• 160 planned and 320 proposed.
• According to the WNA, today’s 373
GWe could increase to 1100 GWe
by 2060 and possibly 3500GWe worldwide.
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The future of our industry
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Simplicity
Safety
Predictability
Innovation
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ABWR
PRISM
GE Hitachi’s new reactor portfolio
ESBWR
Operational Gen III
technology
• Lowest core damage
frequency of any
Generation III reactor
• Extensive operational
experience since 1996
• Licensed in US, Taiwan,
and Japan
Evolutionary Gen III+
technology
• Lowest core damage frequency
of any Generation III+ reactor
• Passive cooling for >7 days
without AC power or operator
action
• Lowest projected operations,
maintenance, and staffing costs1
• 25% fewer pumps, valves, and
motors than active safety
nuclear plants
Revolutionary technology
with a rich, 40-year heritage
• Passive air-cooling with no
operator or mechanical actions
needed
• The answer to the used fuel
dilemma - can reduce nuclear
waste to ~300-year radiotoxicity2
while providing new electricity
generation
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1 Claims based on the U.S. DOE commissioned ‘Study of Construction Technologies and Schedules,
O&M Staffing and Cost, and Decommissioning Costs and Funding Requirements for Advanced Reactor
Designs’ and an ESBWR staffing study performed by a leading independent firm
2 To reach the same level of radiotoxicity as natural uranium
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Dresden 1 KRB
Oyster Creek Dresden 2
ABWR ESBWR
Simplicity
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Safety and simplicity
III+ III+
U.S. PWRs2 E-5 (avg.)
U.S. BWRs8 E-6 (avg.)
APR14002 E-6
APWR1.2 E-6
EPR2.8 E-7
AP10002.4 E-7
ABWR1.6 E-7
ESBWR1.7 E-8
PR
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References: Plant licensing DCDs and publically available information Note: PRA of CDF is represented in at-power internal events (per year) Note: NSSS diagrams are for visualization purposes only
Generation III Generation II
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Responses needed to maintain core cooling
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EPR and
GEN II Water Operator
Action Electric Power
72 HRS.
>7 days
ABWR
AP1000
ESBWR
~36 HRS.*
*ABWR DCD credits water addition at 8 HRS. References: AP1000: US DCD rev. 18 Section 8.5.2.1, EPR: US DCD Rev. 1 Section 8.4
Responses to extended loss of all AC power
• Gen III+ passive plants allow for
a much longer coping time
• Decay heat level impacts urgency
DECAY HEAT
30 MIN.
24 HRS.
30 MIN. 2 HRS.
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ESBWR Passive Safety Systems
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PCCS heat exchanger test
IC/PCC POOLS
DW2
GDCS POOL
WW2
WETWELLWW1
RPV
DRYWELLDW1
GIST facility
Isolation Condenser Testing
BDL
BREAK
LOWER
DRYWELL
HORIZONTAL
VENT (1 OF 2)
GDCS INJECTION
LINE (1 OF 4)
UPPER
DRYWELL
VACUUM BREAKER
(GDLB TESTS ONLY)
MSL
BREAK
REACTOR
PRESSURE
VESSEL
DEPRESSURIZATION
LINE (1 OF 2)
WETWELL
Panda Full Height Containment Test facility
WW to DW Vacuum Breaker
ESBWR … ‘Proven’ innovation drywell to wetwell
vacuum breaker test Depressurization Valve
test
BiMAC testing
fuel – modified
GNF2
natural circulation proven at Dodewaard
FMCRDs from ABWR
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1st Kind-of-a Generation III plant built in less than 40 months construction schedule:
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6/7 ABWRs
Predictability
Efficient ,
repeatable model:
38M
39.5M
43.5M
44.5M
41M
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Efficient, repeatable execution model
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ABWR and ESBWR offer substantial improvements in O&M
Key component redundancy – Maintenance flexibility Operational transients
Simplifications in design – Safety, operations, and reliability
O&M costs
Improvements in plant maintenance – Easier operations, greater reliability
Maintenance cost and dose
Simpler to operate – Safety and reliability
Operator actions and transients
Lower radiation exposure – Outage efficiency and FME reduction
Occupational dose and rad waste costs
Passive safety (ESBWR) – Safety and plant simplification Maintenance costs and dose
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Source: An ESBWR staffing study performed by a leading independent firm
Best in-class O&M
ESBWR requires significantly fewer plant personnel than any other Generation III/III+ design.
•A direct reflection of the ESBWR’s simpler design
•Allows for a higher percentage of local workforce
• Fewer ex-pats results in direct cost savings
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Global NPP Opportunities
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North Anna 3 ESBWR
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North Anna 3 GE Hitachi ESBWR •Dominion selected ESBWR for North Anna 3
Technology attributes … SBO coping Design Certification status
Competitive offering
• Project Development Agreement
Site-specific ESBWR design & COLA licensing support
Cost & schedule control incentives Financial risk allocation process Negotiated EPC contract (unsigned)
• Fault-based, joint & several consortium GEH – consortium leader … NI design
& equipment Fluor – site leader … TI/BOP design &
all construction
• Leveraging ABWR experience … GEH
Lungmen & HGNE Japan
North Anna 3* indicative timeline
• 4/2013 – PDA signed
• 12/2013 - Dominion to amend COLA • 12/2015 - COL expected & EPC signed
• 2017 – Full Notice to Proceed, subject to
receipt of all necessary regulatory
approvals
• 2019 – First concrete
• 2024 – COD
* Dominion has not yet committed to building NA3, but expects to make a decision once the COL is received.
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Horizon UK moving forward with ABWR
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Horizon Nuclear Power, Ltd. 100% owned by Hitachi, Ltd. since Nov. 2012.
• Wylfa site − Location: Anglesey, Wales − Adjacent to two Magnox sites (#2: shut down in 2012/ #1: operating until 2014) − Two to three planned units
• Oldbury site − Location: South Gloucestershine − Adjacent to two Magnox sites (#2: shut down in 2011/ #1:shut down in 2012) − Two to three planned units
• Generic Design Assessment process has been started in April 2013.
• FEED (Front End Engineering & Design) contract between Horizon and Hitachi-GE was signed on May 14, 2013.
• Supply chain engagement events were held in May 2013.
• It is envisaged that power tariff of new nuclear build in UK shall be covered by FiT CFD (Feed-in-Tariff with Contract for Difference) under new Energy Law.
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Disposition of the UK’s Pu requires innovation
• The UK is storing the world’s largest stockpile of civil Pu at 112t and growing.
• The UK Government has identified re-use as its preferred way forward and the NDA is considering its options.
• PRISM provides a fast, economic and flexible re-use solution meeting security and non-proliferation requirements and offering value for money.
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Extending PRISM… recycling used LWR fuel closes the nuclear fuel cycle with two technologies . . .
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NFRC - Electrometallurgical
Advanced Recycle Reactor - PRISM
Benefits include:
•Waste half-life ... 300-500 years
•Uranium energy … extracts 90%
•Non-proliferation … no plutonium separation
•Environmentally responsible … dry process
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Conclusions
• The nuclear industry is moving forward after Fukushima.
• New build is proceeding globally – 60 plants are under construction and more are planned.
• Nuclear continues to provide a significant contribution now and in the future.
• Advanced technology is available to support the needs of European investors.
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Thomas Edison
Founder, General Electric
“I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it .”
Innovation is at the heart of what we do
Three generations of GE Hitachi advanced technology currently being considered across Europe.
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