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A small step or big leap?

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electricpete

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May 4, 2001
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Seems like a very positive development for the revitalization of the US nuke industry. What do you think?


Enercon Services, Inc., a Tulsa- based company with offices nationwide, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by NuStart Energy to prepare Combined License Applications (COLA) for new nuclear power plants. ....

One application will be developed for the Westinghouse AP 1000 nuclear plant design for the two units at the TVA Bellefonte site in Alabama. The other application will be developed for the General Electric (GE) ESBWR at the Entergy Grand Gulf site in Mississippi....

"The key point is that NuStart Energy's work will benefit the entire U.S. nuclear energy industry," said Marilyn Kray, president of NuStart Energy. "Although NuStart Energy will be preparing the Bellefonte and Grand Gulf applications, other NuStart Energy member companies will be involved in the development of the standard applications based on standard designs. Individual member companies will be able to use the detailed engineering developed in the process for their own standard applications for both the Westinghouse AP1000 and the General Electric ESBWR designs. NuStart Energy will also be working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to establish the proper precedent for high quality COL submittals.









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OH-we are going to get more nuclear plants. It is not a matter of if, but when.

I predict that Entergy (one of the NuStart companies) will be the first to break ground, and I predict it will be at Grand Gulf.

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I'm being a bit of a wet blanket on this: I'll believe it when I first see an actual application. All that's occurred so far is talk, and that's cheap.



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There was a little bit of money commited in addition to the talk.

Come to think of it, “multi-million” could be as low as 2 or 3 million. Spread among three plants that might be 1 million each.

1 million towards a plant that might easily cost 1 billion... that’s the same ratio as putting down $100 eanest money toward a $100,000 house. Doesn’t tell you too much about whether the buyer is really going to buy anything.

Time will tell. I’m sure long-term energy prices are a big driver on this bus.

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