Office of

Nuclear Energy

U.S. Nuclear EnergyProgram

Bradley Williams

Senior Advisor, Office of Nuclear Energy

U.S. Department of Energy

November 15, 2017

NCSL Nuclear Legislative Working Group

New Administration, NewOpportunities

• Recognition of the importance of nuclear – today and in the future• Energy Security• Economic Prosperity• Global Security

• Concern about the financial viability of somecurrently operating plants, yet benefits fromkeeping them running

• Increased interest in nuclear in some domestic andinternational markets

• Innovators and utilities looking at advanced nuclear as a way to move beyond electricity.

• Secretary Perry: Make Nuclear Energy Cool Again!

2"If you really care about this environment that we live in… then you need to be a supporterof this [nuclear energy] amazingly clean, resilient, safe, reliable source of energy.”Secretary Rick Perry at Press conference, May 10th

• 20% of electricity (60% of non-emitting)

• 90% capacity factor

• Supports 475,000 jobs

• $10B in federal & $2.2B in state taxes an nually

• 60 reactors under construction in 15 countries (20 in China)

• ~170 reactors planned in over 25countries, worth as much as $700billion over the next 5-10 years

• ~370 reactors proposed in 36 countries, worth as much as $1.6 trillion over the next 10-25 years

30 countries with operating reactors developing expansion plans

35 countries taking steps to develop nuclear power

Potential Nuclear Power Expansion

Source: IAEA/PRIS & WNA

GlobalGrowth and MarketOpportunity

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Improved market and regulatory path

Present announced closures

Continued premature shutdown of plants without

market corrections

2017 EIA Projections

Cost competitive new builds

Private-Public Partnering and Financial Tools- Early stage R&D private-public partnering- EX/IM bank and other financial tools- Other innovative private-public approaches

Market Reform- Build on Grid Study Recommendations- Level the playing field- Encourage technology to meet market needs

Remove Regulatory Roadblocks- Collect industry feedback on regulatory challenges- Facilitate the evolution of NRC regulations

U.S. Nuclear Goals

Actual # and Projected Closures as of 2017

104 Units19.6%

99 Units19.6%

101 Units19.0%

117 Units19.6%

101 Units18.4%

93 Units17.5%

74 Units13.7%

Planned Reactor Builds: 2009 – 17 NRC COLs for 26 units

Worst Case Recovery Case Growth Case

2017 – 1 COL for 2 units under review SMR Design Certifications: NuScale

U.S. Civil Nuclear Status & ProjectedOutcomes- COLs have taken an average of 7.6 years & $100s of millions- Financing GW-class reactors extremely challenging- Time and cost to complete major disincentive- Market drivers: cheap gas and subsidized renewables- Reactors are closing prematurely at historic levels- Some state interventions occurring to save plants

IndustryChallenges

8/15/17

Without a major wave of license extensions and/or new builds, nearly all U.S. reactors retired by2050.

Combined Construction and Operating Licenses (COLs)

18 COLs have been docketed by the NRC since 2007

• 7 (totaling 12 reactors) have been approved

• 1 (totaling 2 reactors) is under review

• 10 (totaling 14 reactors) were suspended and or withdrawn 5

SITE/LOCATION UTILITY

REACTOR

TECHNOLOGY/

NO. UNITS

COLA DATES

Submitted Docketed Issued

Vogtle GA Southern Nuclear AP1000 2 3/28/2008 5/30/2008 2/10/2012

V.C. Summer SC SCE&G AP1000 2 3/27/2008 7/31/2008 3/30/2012

Fermi MI DTE Energy ESBWR 1 9/18/2008 11/25/2008 5/1/2015

South Texas Project TX STPNOC ABWR 2 9/20/2007 11/29/2007 2/12/2016

Levy FL Duke Energy AP1000 2 7/30/2008 10/6/2008 10/26/2016

William States Lee SC Duke Energy AP1000 2 12/13/2007 2/25/2008 12/19/2016

North Anna VA Dominion Energy ESBWR 1 11/27/2007 1/28/2008 6/2/2017

Turkey Point FL Florida Power and Light AP1000 2 6/30/2009 9/4/2009 In Review

Officeof Nuclear EnergyMission Pillars

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Existing FleetAdvanced Reactor Pipeline

Fuel CycleInfrastructure

ExistingFleet

• Extending the life through LWRS – joint R&D program with EPRI

• Improving Economics

• Accident Tolerant fuel – cost-shared program with Industry

• Westinghouse/General Atomics

• General Electric

• AREVA

• CASL – Energy Innovation Hub

• State and Local Technical Assistance

• Provide technical assistance via participation in meetings, workshops, webinars, etc. focused on state and local nuclear policy issues

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Nuclear Beyond Electricity– Advanced Reactors

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NOW

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Flexible Generators ❖ Advanced Processes ❖ Revolutionary Design

Industrial

Applications

Baseload Electricity Generation

SMRs

Large

LWRs

Gen IVHydrogen

Production

Desalination

Chemical

Processes

Flexible

Electricity

Generation

Small ModularReactors

NuScale

• Design Certification Application (DCA) submitted to the NRC in January 2017

• NRC accepted and docketed March 2017

• DCA review and approval within 40 months

NuScale/UAMPS Siting

• Site use agreement for a site on the INL

• Preferred site identified in August 2016

TVA Siting

• Submitted Early Site Permit Application to NRC

• Review commenced January 2017, completed in approximately 30 months 9

Micro Reactors

• Siting flexibility including near population centers

• Micro-grids

• Remote Operating Bases

• Data Centers

• Disaster Relief

• Specialized Non-electric Applications

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Fuel Cycle Infrastructure – Fuel CycleR&D

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Enrichment &

Fuel

Fabrication

Reactors Recycle Interim

Storage

Final

Disposal

Conventional

MiningConventional LWR

Fuel Fabrication

SeawaterLight Water

ExtractionReactors

OtherAdvanced

Techniques

LLW DisposalAdvanced Reactor

Fuel

Geologic

Repository

Interim

Storage

LWR Fuel with

Improved Accident

Tolerance

Advanced Reactor

Recycle

ProductWaste

Forms

LWR Recycle

Uranium

Supply

Advanced

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Fuel Cycle Infrastructure - WasteManagement

• Cooperative Agreements with Tribes and States• Funding to support engagement with DOE in

transportation planning efforts

• DOE’s National Transportation Stakeholders Forum• Informational Webinars• Ad Hoc Working Groups

• Route selection and safety inspections• Training program for emergency personnel (Section

180(c))• Information and communications

• NE’s Transportation Core Group• State and tribal representatives• Meets twice a year

• Federal Agency Coordination

• Industry Coordination 12

UniversityPrograms

Since FY09, NEUP and IUP have

awarded $517M to 119 schools in 40

States and the District of Columbia.

Summary

• The demand for domestically-generated, reliable, resilient and clean sources of baseload electricity will continue to drive many countries toward nuclear energy as part of their energy security and national economic and environmental calculus.

• Profound opportunity for new nuclear growth exists:

• Strong global market interest

• Growing need for increased global access to electricity

• Support energy security, economic and environmental goals

• U.S. leadership to ensure safety & nonproliferation are asimportant as ever

• The Administration is committed to advancing nuclear energyin the U.S. and abroad.

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