Duke Energy today submitted a combined construction and operating license (COL) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed two-unit nuclear station in Cherokee County, S.C. The proposed two-unit William States Lee III Nuclear Station will have a capacity of 2,234 megawatts. It is the first new COL with a new site (not going beside existing reactors).
There are four other license applications for 6 reactors.
Bellefonte Nuclear Site Units 3 and 4 (2 reactors) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
TVA’s Bellefonte site near Scottsboro in Jackson County, Alabama
Calvert Cliffs Unit 3 Lusby, MD (Maryland) UniStar Nuclear and Constellation
(adjacent to Calvert Cliffs Units 1 and 2)
North Anna Unit 3 Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion)
Existing site of North Anna Units 1 & 2, approximately 40 miles north-northwest of Richmond, Virginia
South Texas Project Units 3 and 4 STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC)
Existing site of STP 1 and 2 in Matagorda County, Texas
There is also a plant in Idaho which has begun county licensing but has not applied to the NRC
The pace of applications is on pace with the expected schedule.
Early site permits (ESP) are also being considered. ESP are sometimes done before COL. Southern Nuclear Operating company has an ESP being reviewed for two reactors for Vogtle, Georgia.
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I just went to the Vancouver demo today and I found it very informative. One of the things I was having the most trouble wrappingmy head around was how the question was written to and in what form the answer was read from the qubits. I thought his slides made that crystal clear.
I do believe that Geordie said they would be posting the presentation slides on their website eventually. I think that would help to give people a basic idea of how the hardware works.