William States Lee III Nuclear Site, Units 1 and 2 Application
Duke Energy has submitted an application for two two Westinghouse Advance Passive 1000 (AP1000) Pressurized Water Reactors (PWRs) designated as Lee Nuclear Station Units 1 & 2. Lee Nuclear Station Units 1 and 2 are located in the eastern portion of Cherokee County in north central South Carolina, approximately 35 miles southwest of Charlotte, North Carolina, approximately 25 miles northeast of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and approximately 7.5 miles southeast of Gaffney, South Carolina.
Duke Energy's plan reflects a commercial operation date of 2018 for the first unit of the Lee Nuclear Station. It is assumed that the NRC licensing and adjudicatory process will result in the issuance of a license as early as 2010. The construction of Unit-2 is nominally planned to follow Unit-1 by two years.
This COL application utilizes, to the maximum practical extent, the standard content contained and designated as such in the Tennessee Valley Authority's Bellefonte Unit 3 and 4 COL application, the AP1000 reference plant application developed by NuStart Energy Development.
Road access to the site is from the south. The access road connects to McKown Mountain Road. Rail access to the site is from the northwest. A spur line connects the site to the Norfolk Southern railway system in Gaffney.MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. will provide site development, planning and engineering design, construction phase services, environmental services, and facilities operations and maintenance services. MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. has performed geotechnical field investigations and laboratory testing in support of the COL Application for Lee Nuclear Station. This includes performing standard penetration tests, obtaining core samples and rock cores, and installing groundwater observation wells.
William Lettis & Associates, Inc. has performed the investigations and analyses required to prepare the geology, seismology, and geotechnical engineering section of the COL Application for the Lee Nuclear Station. This includes investigating the subsurface materials present at the site, performing a comprehensive geotechnical exploration, and performing geophysical surveys to assess the dynamic response of soil and rock.
Enercon Services, Inc. has provided engineering, management, and consulting services to prepare the COL Application for the Lee Nuclear Station. This includedproviding project management and engineering services, developing selected COL Application sections, and preparing the COL Application.
Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc. has been involved with the development of advanced light water reactors since their inception. Burns & Roe Enterprises, Inc. has participated in document development, including preparation of the FSAR for the COL Application for WLS. This includes preparing topical reports and performing technical reviews of COL Application documents.
Shaw (Stone & Webster) was the original engineer/designer for 17 U. S. nuclear power plants, developed the first U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission-approved Nuclear Quality Assurance Program, and completed the first license application for a spent fuel dry storage facility. Shaw is part of the AP1000 Consortium with Westinghouse Electric Company, which is 20 percent owned by Shaw. This consortium was selected by the People's Republic of China State Nuclear Power Technology Company to build four new nuclear power plants using Westinghouse's AP1000 technology.Shaw has performed conceptual design engineering in support of the COL Application for the Lee Nuclear Station.
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Duke) will own and operate the Lee Nuclear Station. Duke has over 45 years of experience in the design, construction and operation of nuclear power stations, and currently has seven nuclear operating units that generate over 7000 megawatts of electricity. Duke Energy Corp., one of the largest electric power companies in the United States, supplies and delivers energy to approximately 3.9 million U.S. customers. The company has nearly 37,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity in the Midwest and the Carolinas.
This is one of many planned nuclear plants. Our resources will be stretched thin for suppling manpower, hardware and the energy itself to build the plants.
