AP1000 selected for Levy County Florida site
PITTSBURGH, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN) today
formally announced the selection of the Westinghouse AP1000 for potential
new nuclear plant construction at its Levy County Florida site.
The selection marks the second time Progress Energy has chosen the
AP1000 for possible new plant construction and expansion of its fleet of
commercial nuclear power plants, the first time being for its Harris
Nuclear Plant site near New Hill, N.C.
"We are pleased that Progress Energy again has chosen the AP1000 for
potential new plant construction in Florida," said Steve Tritch, president
and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company. "In moving forward with the
option to expand its baseload generating capacity, Progress Energy is
planning ahead and will be well-situated to meet the increases in future
energy requirements."
In addition to Progress Energy, Duke Energy, SCANA and Santee Cooper,
and the team of Southern Company and Georgia Power have selected the AP1000
standardized design for possible future expansion of their nuclear
capability. The AP1000 will now be the technology basis for 12 construction
and operating license (COL) applications with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC).
The AP1000 is the only Generation III+ nuclear power plant to have
received Design Certification from the NRC. Additionally, the AP1000
recently passed all the steps of analysis for compliance with European
Utility Requirements, clearing the way for the AP1000 to be licensed in
Europe.
Westinghouse believes the AP1000 is ideally suited for the U.S. and
worldwide nuclear power marketplace. The AP1000 is:
-- The safest, most advanced, yet proven nuclear power plant currently
available in the worldwide marketplace (conservative probabilistic risk
assessment (PRA): core damage frequency potential at negligible
2.5x10-7)
-- Based on standard Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR)
technology that has achieved more than 2,500 reactor years of highly
successful operation
-- Is an 1100 MWe design that is ideal for providing baseload generating
capacity
-- Modular in design, promoting ready standardization and high
construction quality
-- Economical to operate (less concrete and steel, and fewer components
and systems mean that there is less to install, inspect and maintain)
-- Simplified to promote ease of operation (features most advanced
instrumentation and control (I&C) in the industry)
For more information about the Westinghouse AP1000, visit
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/ap1000. For images of the AP1000, visit
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/D6.asp. To download a complete AP1000
brochure, visit
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/docs/AP1000_brochure.pdf.
Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation,
is the world's pioneering nuclear power company and is a leading supplier
of nuclear plant products and technologies to utilities throughout the
world. Westinghouse supplied the world's first PWR in 1957 in Shippingport,
Pa. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half
of the world's operating nuclear plants, including 60 percent of those in
the United States.
SOURCE Westinghouse Electric Company
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Related links:
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/ap1000
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/D6.asp
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/docs/AP1000_brochure.pdf
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CONTACT:
Scott Shaw, +1-412-374-6737,
shawsa@westinghouse.com, or Vaughn Gilbert, +1-412-491-9820,
gilberhv@westinghouse.com, both of Westinghouse Electric Company
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