{"id":11769,"date":"2013-11-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vo.afonico-test.ru\/novosti-otrasli\/mitsubishi-delays-certification-of-apwr\/"},"modified":"2013-11-12T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T09:00:00","slug":"mitsubishi-delays-certification-of-apwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vosafety.ru\/en\/novosti-otrasli\/mitsubishi-delays-certification-of-apwr\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsubishi delays certification of APWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitsubishi will slow down work to obtain design certification of the Advanced Pressurized Water Reactors (APWR) in the USA. In response, Luminant has suspended its application to build two such units at the Comanche Peak plant in Texas.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems (MNES)\u00a0\u2014 the US subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)\u00a0\u2014 said that it will \u201cshift its commercial priorities\u201d in the USA starting next year. The company will focus on its services and components business for reactors already in operation. The change in focus comes as MHI \u201cshifts resources and work to secure the restart of the Japanese nuclear power plants\u201d.<\/p>\n

MNES said that it remains committed to obtaining design certification from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for the US-APWR, but it will \u201ccontinue the activity under an extended schedule\u201d.<\/p>\n

MHI submitted its application to the NRC in late December 2007\u00a0and this was formally accepted in March 2008. MHI subsequently made structural changes to the US-APWR design which required a new seismic analysis. The NRC\u2019s review of the design had been due to be completed in September 2015.<\/p>\n

Comanche Peak application<\/h4>\n

Luminant is proposing the 1700\u00a0MWe APWR design for units 3\u00a0and 4\u00a0at the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant in Texas.<\/p>\n

In response to MNES\u2019 announcement, Luminant has decided to suspend its application for a combined construction and operating licence (COL) for the Comanche Peak units. The application is dependent on design certification of the APWR. The NRC had earlier said that it expected to make a final decision on the COL in November 2015.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Luminant said that Mitsubishi had \u201cinformed us that they will materially slow the development of their design control document for their new reactor design by several years\u201d. It added that both companies \u201cunderstand the current economic reality of low Texas power prices driven in large part by the boom in natural gas\u201d.<\/p>\n

Luminant said it \u201cunderstands Mitsubishi\u2019s decision to reprioritize their resources and their need for nuclear engineering expertise to support their domestic power requirements for restarts. However, it is also prudent to suspend our efforts until more progress can be made on the design control document\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a letter to the NRC, Luminant said that it had concluded that \u201cit does not make sense to continue to expend Luminant and NRC resources on the COL application review\u201d and that they will \u201cdevelop a mutually agreeable plan\u201d to suspend it. The company anticipates all review activities to be suspended by the end of March 2014.<\/p>\n

Dominion originally selected GE-Hitachi\u2019s Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) in 2005\u00a0as the favoured technology for the proposed third unit at North Anna plant in Virginia. However, in 2010\u00a0the utility said that it had chosen the APWR after failing to negotiate a contract with GE-Hitachi. In April this year, Dominion reverted to GE-Hitachi\u2019s ESBWR as the preferred technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mitsubishi will slow down work to obtain design certification of the Advanced Pressurized Water Reactors (APWR) in the USA. In response, Luminant has suspended its application to build two such units at the Comanche Peak plant in Texas. 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