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Cheri Collins

General Manager – External AlliancesSouthern Nuclear Company

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Southern Company Today

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Southern Company Today

• More than 42,000 megawatts of

generating capacity

• More than 27,000 miles of

transmission lines

• 4.4 million customers in the

Southeast

• ≈ 26,000 employees

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Who is Southern Nuclear ?

Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant

Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant

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ALABAMA POWER LOGO

MISSISSIPPI POWER

LOGO

GULF POWER

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GEORGIA POWER

LOGO

Farley

Vogtle

Hatch

Vogtle

3&4

Southern Nuclear Fleet

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• Streamlined licensing process

– Early public participation and resolution

of safety issues prior to construction

– Authorization of both construction and

operation in a single proceeding

Allows utilities to develop much more

certainty around budgets and schedules

at the front end of the project

Why New Nuclear?

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Old Licensing Process

Construction Permit

Application *

Construction Operating License

Application

Operating License

Issued *Operations

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Improved Licensing Process

Early Site Permit

(ESP)

Combined

Construction and

Operating

License (COL)

Procurement

and

Preconstruction

Construction

and

Startup

Early Site Permit (ESP)

• Addresses the suitability of the site

• Issues addressed such as:

• seismic suitability,

• water availability,

• emergency planning,

• socio-economic,

• environmental impacts of construction and operation.

• Some pre-construction activities are allowed under this permit.

Procurement and Preconstruction

• Long lead procurement of major

components and commodities.

• Subsurface preparation

• Building of some infrastructure

• Barge slip

• Roads

• Temporary Construction Facilities

• Laydown areas

Combined Construction and Operating License (COL)

• Evaluation of a certified plant design on a specific site.

• Additional site specific evaluations, design, and analyses

are performed to demonstrate that a plant using a specific

technology can be safely built and operated at that site.

Construction and Startup

• All safety related construction

activities

• Training Operations and

Maintenance personnel

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• Nuclear Power Generation Technology

– New safety system designs like that

utilized by the AP1000

– Use of modular construction techniques

– Standardization of reactor designs

Allows for better cost and schedule

certainty and allows for more

standardization operations once installed

Why New Nuclear?

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Fewer Commodities and Components

50% Fewer

Safety Valves

35% Fewer

Pumps

80% Less

Safety Pipe

(still achieving

higher levels

of safety)

45% Less

Seismic

Building

Volume

70% Less

Cable

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Modular Construction

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• Westinghouse (Certified by NRC)

– AP1000 (Advanced Passive)

– 1100 MW

• GE – Hitachi / Toshiba (Certified by NRC)

– ABWR (Advance Boiling Water Reactor)

– 1350 MW

• GE - Hitachi

– ESBWR (Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor)

– 1600 MW

• Areva

– EPR (Evolutionary Pressurized Water Reactor)

– 1600 MW

• MHI

– APWR (Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor)

– 1700 MW

Standardized Designs

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Projected New Reactor Locations

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What is going on at

Vogtle 3 & 4?

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172005

PSC Certification √

Vogtle 3&4 Schedule

Issued March 17, 2009

CWIP / Senate Bill 31 Legislation

Monthly Status Reports

Semi-annual Monitor Report

Construction Monitor

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• Georgia State Regulatory

– Certification Statute

– GPSC certification on March 17, 2009 at $6.4

billion

– CWIP legislation passed by the Georgia

legislature, and approved by the Georgia

Public Service Commission

• Reduction to $4.5 billion

• DOE Loan Guarantee– 1 of 4 finalists under the DOE loan program

– Due Diligence underway

Project Regulatory / Financial

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Project Basics

• Engineering Procurement

Construction Contract (EPC)

–Westinghouse and Shaw Consortium

–AP1000 Technology

–Signed April 8, 2008

–Basis of Self-build Proposal submitted

to Georgia Public Service Commission

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172005

Early Site Permit √

Vogtle 3&4 Schedule

Issued August 26, 2009 – First technology

specific ESP and LWA

Site Suitability

Environmental Impacts

Seismic Analysis

Limited Work Authorization (LWA)

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172005

Pre-COL Construction

Vogtle 3&4 Schedule

Excavation

Engineered Fill (Backfill)

Mechanical Stabilizing Earth Walls

Concrete Batch Plant

Buildings / Utilities

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Construction

July 28, 2009


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• Add recent site photos


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November 2009


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Minimum Excavation

Blue Bluff Marl (Bearing Layer)

Lower Sands

Engineering FillUpper Sands

Utley Limestone45º

86’

75’

90

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Pre-LWA Activities

- Excavation

LWA Activities

- Engineered Fill

- Mud Mats (A)

- Waterproof Liner (B)

- MSE Wall (C)

A B

C

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Excavation Facts• Excavation began August 10, 2009

• The estimated on-site mileage of all the

dump trucks used during earthwork

would equal driving around the world 8

times.

• If you built an interstate highway with the

concrete used on-site it would stretch

2,000 miles.

• The largest projected single crane lift will

be over 1000 tons.

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172005

DCD Certification & COL License

Post-COL Construction

Vogtle 3&4 Schedule

Westinghouse - DCD

Intense NRC Interaction

NuStart

Allows for Full Construction

Major Safety Related Concrete

48 months Construction + 6 months Startup

NRC Inspection and Testing

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172005

Early Site Permit

PSC Certification √

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DCD Certification & COL License


Post-COL Construction

Vogtle 3&4 Schedule

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Construction Staffing

Projected Staffing During Construction

• About 3,000 people on site during

construction

~2,500 craft workers required at peak

~500 Contractor Construction and

Project Mgt

~125 Southern Company Oversight

Personnel

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SNC Staffing Timeline – Total Plant

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Source: Westinghouse

PO Placed

In Progress

Procurement

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Procurement

Steam Generator Tube Sheet Inspection

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Nuclear Development

Procurement

Reactor Vessel Closure Head Forging

• Back up slides follow

• Use if needed

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Passive Containment Cooling System

http://www.ap1000.westinghousenuclear.com/ap1000_psrs_pcs.html

http://www.ap1000.westinghousenuclear.com/ap1000_psrs_pcs.html

Projected Disturbed Areas

Vogtle 1&2

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