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Entergy License Renewal for Pilgrim Station and Vermont Yankee

Entergy License Renewal for Pilgrim Station and Vermont Yankee. Pilgrim Station. Location: Plymouth Massachusetts Construction Permit: 1967 Commercial Operation: December 1972 Operating License Expires: June 2012 (40 Years) Plant Sold to Entergy: July 1999 Capacity: ~690 MWe(net).

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Entergy License Renewal for Pilgrim Station and Vermont Yankee

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  1. EntergyLicense Renewal forPilgrim Stationand Vermont Yankee

  2. Pilgrim Station • Location: Plymouth Massachusetts • Construction Permit: 1967 • Commercial Operation: December 1972 • Operating License Expires: June 2012 (40 Years) • Plant Sold to Entergy: July 1999 • Capacity: ~690 MWe(net)

  3. Vermont Yankee • Location:Vermont • Construction Permit: 1967 • Commercial Operation: December 1972 • Operating License Expires: June 2012 (40 Years) • Plant Sold to Entergy: July 2003 • Capacity: ~640 MWe(net), with uprate

  4. Pilgrim Station • Workforce: • ~580 permanent employees • ~130 support employees • ~700 - 900 temporary employees to support refueling outages approximately every 2-years • Station Contribution to Region: • ~640 MWe to New England grid • Displacing ~ 9 M barrels of imported oil annually • Avoidance of ~1.6M to 5.7M tons of greenhouse gases • Avoidance of 153 to 472 tons of NOx emissions* • Avoidance of 48 to 1238 tons of SOx emissions* * (assumes state of the art control equipment)

  5. Vermont Yankee • Workforce: • ~500 permanent employees • ~150 support employees • ~700 - 900 temporary employees to support refueling outages approximately every 2-years • Station Contribution to Region: • ~640 MWe to New England grid • Displacing ~ 9 M barrels of imported oil annually • Avoidance of ~1.5M to 5.3M tons of greenhouse gases • Avoidance of 142 to 439 tons of NOx emissions* • Avoidance of 44 to 1150 tons of SOx emissions* • * (assumes state of the art control equipment)

  6. Components within the scope of license renewal (10CFR54.4) • Safety-related • Non-safety related that could prevent a safety function • Required for regulated events - SBO, EQ, Fire, PTS, ATWS Passive or Active? Passive No Active Periodically replaced? Aging Management Review Managed by existing activities? No Yes Modify existing or add new programs Yes Structures and Components not subject to Aging Management Review (AMR) Demonstration that the effects of aging are adequately managed Simplified IPA Process

  7. Rules and Guidance 4. NRC Reports NUREG-1800 SRP NUREG-1801 GALL NUREG-1437 Environmental 2. NRC Guidance RG 1.188 RG 4.2 1. NRC Rules 10 CFR 54 10 CFR 51 5. Industry Guidance TR-114881 - structural EPRI 1003056 - mechanical EPRI 1003057 - electrical Owners Groups 3. NEI Guidance NEI 95-10 NEI 98-06 (draft)

  8. Phase 4 - NRC Review Process

  9. Planned Schedule Pilgrim and Vermont Yankee Milestone Date Pre-Application NRC Meeting (NRR) 11/2005 Submit License Renewal Application 1/25/2005 Post Application NRC Meeting (NRR) 3/2006 Environmental Team Pre-Visit (Site) 2/2006 Information Session Public Meeting (NRR) 3/2006 Submit Information to DIPM 4/2006 Consistent with GALL & PSAP Audit (Site) 4/2006 Scoping/Screening Methodology Audit (Site) 5/2006 Environmental Site Audit/First Public Meeting 6/2006 Consistent With PASP Audit (Site) 6/2006 Regional Scoping & Screening Inspection (Site) 7/2006 Third Consistency Audit (if necessary) 7/2006 Audit Team Exit (Site) 8/2006 Second Environmental Public Meeting 2/2007 First Regional Aging Mgmt Inspection (Site) 3/2007 Second Regional Aging Mgmt Inspection (Site) 4/2007 Third Regional Aging Mgmt Inspection (Site) 5/2007 Final EIS Issued 7/2007 Final SER Issued 8/2007 ACRS Meeting on Final SER 9/2007 NRC Decision – License Issued 12/2007 NRC Review Schedule

  10. NEW NUKES • National Energy Policy Act of 2005 • Environmental Awareness • $60/BBL Oil • $15/MBTU Natural Gas • Overseas Stability • Overseas Economic Trends • Aging American Infrastructure

  11. Nuclear Issues • Regulatory Uncertainty • Financial Uncertainty • Political Uncertainty • Economic Competitiveness • Nuclear Waste Issues

  12. National Building Initiative • $100 B U.S. construction program • Includes 10 new generation Nukes • New waste initiatives • Two of ten Entergy proposed plants

  13. Announced Plants • Dominion ESBWR North Anna • TVA (NuStart) AP1000 Bellefont • Entergy (NuStart) ESBWR Grand Guld • Entergy ESBWR River Bend • Southern Co. AP1000 Vogtle • Progress AP1000 Florida/Harris • SCE&G TBD TBD • Duke AP1000 TBD • Excelon TBD Clinton • UniStar TBD Calvert Cliffs/Oswego, NY

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