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GE Hitachi and Advanced Nuclear Reactor Design

David Powell Vice President, Nuclear Power Plant Sales - Europe

2013 Platts European Nuclear Power Conference

Warsaw, Poland

26-27 June 2013


Nuclear energy today

Safe. Economical. Smart .

• 435 Nuclear power plants

operating in 30 countries

producing 13% of the world’s

electricity.

• 60 reactors being constructed in

13 countries, mostly in Asia.

• 160 planned and 320 proposed.

• According to the WNA, today’s 373

GWe could increase to 1100 GWe

by 2060 and possibly 3500GWe worldwide.

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The future of our industry

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Simplicity

Safety

Predictability

Innovation


ABWR

PRISM

GE Hitachi’s new reactor portfolio

ESBWR

Operational Gen III

technology

• Lowest core damage

frequency of any

Generation III reactor

• Extensive operational

experience since 1996

• Licensed in US, Taiwan,

and Japan

Evolutionary Gen III+

technology

• Lowest core damage frequency

of any Generation III+ reactor

• Passive cooling for >7 days

without AC power or operator

action

• Lowest projected operations,

maintenance, and staffing costs1

• 25% fewer pumps, valves, and

motors than active safety

nuclear plants

Revolutionary technology

with a rich, 40-year heritage

• Passive air-cooling with no

operator or mechanical actions

needed

• The answer to the used fuel

dilemma - can reduce nuclear

waste to ~300-year radiotoxicity2

while providing new electricity

generation

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1 Claims based on the U.S. DOE commissioned ‘Study of Construction Technologies and Schedules,

O&M Staffing and Cost, and Decommissioning Costs and Funding Requirements for Advanced Reactor

Designs’ and an ESBWR staffing study performed by a leading independent firm

2 To reach the same level of radiotoxicity as natural uranium

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Dresden 1 KRB

Oyster Creek Dresden 2

ABWR ESBWR

Simplicity


Safety and simplicity

III+ III+

U.S. PWRs2 E-5 (avg.)

U.S. BWRs8 E-6 (avg.)

APR14002 E-6

APWR1.2 E-6

EPR2.8 E-7

AP10002.4 E-7

ABWR1.6 E-7

ESBWR1.7 E-8

PR

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f C

ore

Da

ma

ge

Fre

qu

en

cy

References: Plant licensing DCDs and publically available information Note: PRA of CDF is represented in at-power internal events (per year) Note: NSSS diagrams are for visualization purposes only

Generation III Generation II

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Responses needed to maintain core cooling

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EPR and

GEN II Water Operator

Action Electric Power

72 HRS.

>7 days

ABWR

AP1000

ESBWR

~36 HRS.*

*ABWR DCD credits water addition at 8 HRS. References: AP1000: US DCD rev. 18 Section 8.5.2.1, EPR: US DCD Rev. 1 Section 8.4

Responses to extended loss of all AC power

• Gen III+ passive plants allow for

a much longer coping time

• Decay heat level impacts urgency

DECAY HEAT

30 MIN.

24 HRS.

30 MIN. 2 HRS.


ESBWR Passive Safety Systems

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PCCS heat exchanger test

IC/PCC POOLS

DW2

GDCS POOL

WW2

WETWELLWW1

RPV

DRYWELLDW1

GIST facility

Isolation Condenser Testing

BDL

BREAK

LOWER

DRYWELL

HORIZONTAL

VENT (1 OF 2)

GDCS INJECTION

LINE (1 OF 4)

UPPER

DRYWELL

VACUUM BREAKER

(GDLB TESTS ONLY)

MSL

BREAK

REACTOR

PRESSURE

VESSEL

DEPRESSURIZATION

LINE (1 OF 2)

WETWELL

Panda Full Height Containment Test facility

WW to DW Vacuum Breaker

ESBWR … ‘Proven’ innovation drywell to wetwell

vacuum breaker test Depressurization Valve

test

BiMAC testing

fuel – modified

GNF2

natural circulation proven at Dodewaard

FMCRDs from ABWR

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1st Kind-of-a Generation III plant built in less than 40 months construction schedule:

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6/7 ABWRs

Predictability

Efficient ,

repeatable model:

38M

39.5M

43.5M

44.5M

41M

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Efficient, repeatable execution model

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ABWR and ESBWR offer substantial improvements in O&M

Key component redundancy – Maintenance flexibility Operational transients

Simplifications in design – Safety, operations, and reliability

O&M costs

Improvements in plant maintenance – Easier operations, greater reliability

Maintenance cost and dose

Simpler to operate – Safety and reliability

Operator actions and transients

Lower radiation exposure – Outage efficiency and FME reduction

Occupational dose and rad waste costs

Passive safety (ESBWR) – Safety and plant simplification Maintenance costs and dose

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Source: An ESBWR staffing study performed by a leading independent firm

Best in-class O&M

ESBWR requires significantly fewer plant personnel than any other Generation III/III+ design.

•A direct reflection of the ESBWR’s simpler design

•Allows for a higher percentage of local workforce

• Fewer ex-pats results in direct cost savings

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Global NPP Opportunities

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North Anna 3 ESBWR

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North Anna 3 GE Hitachi ESBWR •Dominion selected ESBWR for North Anna 3

Technology attributes … SBO coping Design Certification status

Competitive offering

• Project Development Agreement

Site-specific ESBWR design & COLA licensing support

Cost & schedule control incentives Financial risk allocation process Negotiated EPC contract (unsigned)

• Fault-based, joint & several consortium GEH – consortium leader … NI design

& equipment Fluor – site leader … TI/BOP design &

all construction

• Leveraging ABWR experience … GEH

Lungmen & HGNE Japan

North Anna 3* indicative timeline

• 4/2013 – PDA signed

• 12/2013 - Dominion to amend COLA • 12/2015 - COL expected & EPC signed

• 2017 – Full Notice to Proceed, subject to

receipt of all necessary regulatory

approvals

• 2019 – First concrete

• 2024 – COD

* Dominion has not yet committed to building NA3, but expects to make a decision once the COL is received.

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Horizon UK moving forward with ABWR

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Horizon Nuclear Power, Ltd. 100% owned by Hitachi, Ltd. since Nov. 2012.

• Wylfa site − Location: Anglesey, Wales − Adjacent to two Magnox sites (#2: shut down in 2012/ #1: operating until 2014) − Two to three planned units

• Oldbury site − Location: South Gloucestershine − Adjacent to two Magnox sites (#2: shut down in 2011/ #1:shut down in 2012) − Two to three planned units

• Generic Design Assessment process has been started in April 2013.

• FEED (Front End Engineering & Design) contract between Horizon and Hitachi-GE was signed on May 14, 2013.

• Supply chain engagement events were held in May 2013.

• It is envisaged that power tariff of new nuclear build in UK shall be covered by FiT CFD (Feed-in-Tariff with Contract for Difference) under new Energy Law.

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Disposition of the UK’s Pu requires innovation

• The UK is storing the world’s largest stockpile of civil Pu at 112t and growing.

• The UK Government has identified re-use as its preferred way forward and the NDA is considering its options.

• PRISM provides a fast, economic and flexible re-use solution meeting security and non-proliferation requirements and offering value for money.

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Extending PRISM… recycling used LWR fuel closes the nuclear fuel cycle with two technologies . . .

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NFRC - Electrometallurgical

Advanced Recycle Reactor - PRISM

Benefits include:

•Waste half-life ... 300-500 years

•Uranium energy … extracts 90%

•Non-proliferation … no plutonium separation

•Environmentally responsible … dry process


Conclusions

• The nuclear industry is moving forward after Fukushima.

• New build is proceeding globally – 60 plants are under construction and more are planned.

• Nuclear continues to provide a significant contribution now and in the future.

• Advanced technology is available to support the needs of European investors.

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Thomas Edison

Founder, General Electric

“I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it .”

Innovation is at the heart of what we do

Three generations of GE Hitachi advanced technology currently being considered across Europe.

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