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Florida Power & Light (FPL) has revealed its intentions of building two of Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactors at Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant through the submittal of a combined construction and operating license applications with the NRC. If approved, the units will join two other pressurized water reactors as well as two gas/oil units and a combined cycle natural gas turbine. The sixth and seventh power units at the site could reach an operational state around the end of 2017 and 2019. Here’s an excerpt from the World Nuclear News website:
“The application was made some three weeks ago but FPL and the NRC both decided not to tell anyone about the $12 billion project. Documents relating to the application can all now be found in the New Reactors section of the NRC public website.
Details in the documents reveal FPLs cost projections for the new build. Based on three cases with varying owner scope and transmission costs, the total estimated project cost including escalation and additional funds for the construction period varies from $12.1 billion to $17.8 billion.
FPL has asked the NRC for permission to conduct certain work towards construction before a COL is actually issued. The company wants to clear and excavate the site and lay foundations for the reactor and plant buildings.”
