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Updated – Progress Energy's new nuclear power plans

November 3, 2005 By Rod Adams

Nuclear Engineering International published a story on 2 November 2005 about Progress Energy’s announced plans to apply for two new nuclear power stations. Each station would include two reactors. Progress Energy has not announced its choice of reactor designs, but has indicated that it will limit its choice to one of the three evolutionary designs – GE’s Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR), Westinghouse’s AP-1000, or Areva’s US Evolutionary Power Reactor (US EPR) – that have either been built overseas, licensed in the US or both.

One interesting comment in the story is that the final purchase decision may be dependent upon the availability of a permanent storage capability for used nuclear fuel.

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About Rod Adams

Rod Adams is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience, now serving as a Managing Partner at Nucleation Capital, an emerging climate-focused fund. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial discussion and analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology and policies for several decades. He is the founder of Atomic Insights and host and producer of The Atomic Show Podcast.

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