ML19317E116
| ML19317E116 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Oconee  |
| Issue date: | 03/30/1966 |
| From: | Tremmel E US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
| To: | Hollingsworth US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| NUDOCS 7912130828 | |
| Download: ML19317E116 (5) | |
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V~3~T TO DtdE ?OWER COMPANY Mr..;ittmann and I visited Charlotte, North Carolina, Wednesday, Marc 23, to brief Duke Power Company on the nuclear industry and lacc abcut the' status of their evaluations for the next additions te.. i. : system.
Duke Power personnel shown on the attached list att a dad the meeting.
Mr. Tarker explained that Duke Power Company has requested bids from 2 hecch & Wilcox, Combustion Engineering, General Electric and
.esti n; house for two steam supply systems, each of which can range in ccpccity front 710 to 750 Mwe net initial rating, plus first cores.
T:.e w plants would be placed on line May 1,1971 and May 1,1972.
T;.c will receive these bids on Monday, March 28, and evaluate and ccmpare them with similar sized fossil fuel units.
khile Mr. ?arker vould not predict the utility's decision, he left the impression that the nucicar plants have an excellent chance of being selected.
Mr. Lee explained that if nuclear plants were chosen they had decided to build them in the conventional manner used by Duke Power for construction of fossil fuel units. He said that the reactor manu-f acturers had been asked to bid on all equipment associated with the nucicar steam supply system (i.e., pressure vessel, primary steam piping, steam generator, pressuriser, primary system circulation pumps, reactor water makeup system, etc.) and to furnish a performance guarantee for this primary system. Duke Power will be responsibic for the structural work, containment vessel, conventional piping, and supply all of the more or less conventional items in the containment vessel. The manufacturers have been requested to bid on the first core on the following three bases:
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The manufacturer fabricates and delivers the core to.he site.
Titic passes to Duke Power at the site. The manufacturer then takes the spent fuel after the cooling-off period and title passes back to the manufacturer when the core Icaves the site.
The manufacturer will guarantee the burnup.
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The scme as above except the manufacturer has no responsibility for spent fuel. In addition to guarantecing the burnup, the manufacturcr will guarantee some constituency of the spent
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final U-235 and plutonium isotope content.
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Duke Power will deliver a specified quantity of enriched UF6 to the reactor manufacturer or core supplier. The core supplier will fabricate the core and guarantee the burnup and final constituency of the spent fuel. Title to the UF6 will remain with Duke Power throughout the fabrication process, and Duke will assume responsibility for spent fuel.
They have also made it clear that they would be willing to consider any other options that the manufacturer wishes to offer.
Mr. Lee explained that they had asked each manufacturer bidding to calculate the fuel cycle cost based upon the manufacturer's guarantees l
and Duke Power Company paramecers for cost of ore, cost of conversion to UF, cost of separative work, cost of reprocessing, and i
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value of plutonium.
Duke ?cwer varied these parameters to reflect anticipated changes in future years.
Mr. Lac explained that while they smuld examine the above options on ccenomic ground rules, they were inclined toward Option #3 which gave them complete control of the fuel cycle. In this regard, he mentioned that they had contacted eleven uranium ore suppliers asking them to bid on one million pounds of yellow cake delivered to Metropolis, Illinois, in late 1968 or early 1969. He said these bids were due March 30.
Mr. Loc described proposed sites pointing out that none had access to deep water. Field fabrication of the pressure vessel may, therefore, be required and he inquired about the status of this technology.
Ue recommended that he discuss this with appropriate personnut of the Division of Reactor Development and Technology and Regulator Staff.
We offered to set up such meetings.
Mr. Lee said he would call next ucek after they have had time to review their bids.
We inquired about Dul[e Power's anticipated expansion plans.
Mr. Lee furnished us with the attached ccenanv confidential e::pansion schedule
(( they should decide to go nuclasr. This schedules includes 1000 to 1250 nuclear units for on-line operation by 1980.
Mr. Lee said that they had reviewed the technology and were convinced that these si=e units would be feasible in these time periods and again emphasiaed the importance of field fabrication of pressure vessels.
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3-I'. Lee also asked about the comercial status of chemical processing cand noted that their anticipated nuclear growth combined with that of Carolina Power & Light and other members of their pool might give a reprocessing load large enough to support a reprocessing plant on their system. We pointed out the legal requirement that radioactive wastos must be disposed of either on State or Federally owned land.
Mr. Parker mentioned that eney noticed that Dr. Seaborg would be in Charlotte to deliver a talk on April 2 and said that he would very much like to have Mr. McGuire, President, and other key staff meet with Dr. Seaborg to brief him on their plans.
I told Mr. Parker that we vauld be very happy to see if the Chairman's April 2 schedule could be arranged to accommodate their request.
Luke Power is very interested in nuclear power and we were impressed with their thorough knowledge of the nuclear field. We were happy to learn that they would pursue construction of a nuclear plant along the conventional approach and received the impression that they will be receptive to any suggestions we have to offer.
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As stated cc:
P. Fine, OA&F G. Kavanagh, AGMR M rice, REG M. Shaw, RD&T 1
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DUKE POWER COMPANY ATTENDEES AT NUCLEAR INDUSTRY BRIEFING HELD IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA MARCH 23, 1966 Paul H. Barton, Project Engineer W. J. Burton, Manager i
Henry Cheray, Supervisor Edwarc C. Fiss, Nuclear Enginee.'
T. J. Garrett, Pres., Mill-Power Supply William H. Grigg, Asst. General Counsel F. R. Jackson, Principal Mechanical Engineer William S. Lee, Vice President G. G. Mat.tison, Sp. V. ?. Prod. & Trans.
B. B. Parker, Exec. V. P. Power Operations R. K. Pierce, Supervisor i
Robert F. Smith, Purchasing Agent Austin C. Thies, Asst. Vice President C. E. Watkins, Asst. Vice President i
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NUCLEAR UNIT EXPANSION SCHEDULE YEAR NEW UNIT J
1971 710 mw nuclear + 140 mv hydro 1972 750 mw nuclear 1973 40 mv stretch realization 1974 160 mw hydro + 150 mw pumped hydro 1975 1000 mv nuclear 1976 1000 mw nuclear 1977 1978 1000 mw nuclear + 300 mw pumped hydro 1979 1000 mw nuclear 1980 1250 mw nuclear 1981 1982 1500 mw nuclear 1983 1500 mw nuclear 1984 1000 mw pumped hydro 1985 1500 mw nuclear 1986 1987 2000 mw nuclear 1988 2000 mw nuclear 1989 2000 mw nuclear 1990 1500 mw pumped hydro COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL
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