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• Contract negotiations under way for Texas reactors

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Company are in the process of negotiating engineering and procurement contracts and a preliminary construction plan for the proposed construction of two new reactors at the Texas site. The negotiations follow the signature of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the two companies on 1 July. The negotiations are expected to "significantly advance project development", according to the two companies, who are also in active discussions with US and Japanese financial institutions over financing for the project. Comanche Peak Nuclear Power, a joint venture of Luminant Generation Company and MHI, will own the two units as well as overseeing their development and construction. Luminant and MHI's US subsidiary Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems are also involved in the MoU. Luminant submitted a combined construction and operating licence (COL) application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in September 2008 for the construction of Comanche Peak units 3 and 4 using MHI's US-Advanced Pressurised Water Reactor (US-APWR) design. The reactor design itself is still undergoing certification by the NRC. Posted Jul 07 2009, 08:13 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, MHI, Texas

• Nine Mile Point COL application review rescheduled

  Unistar Nuclear Energy has asked the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission to delay the review of its application for a combined construction and operating licence (COL) for a new reactor at the Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant, while it concentrates on that for its Calvert Cliffs site. Posted Feb 16 2009, 12:18 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, COL, Nine Mile Point

• Nine Mile Point COL lodged

  Unistar Nuclear Energy has submitted a combined construction and operating licence for a new power reactor at its Nine Mile Point in New York state. Posted Oct 02 2008, 11:18 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, Nine Mile Point

• Two COLs in one day

  Two applications have been submitted to the US nuclear regulator for combined construction and operating licences (COLs) for potential new reactors in Texas and Michigan. They total some 6500 MWe of potential new nuclear capacity. Posted Sep 19 2008, 12:21 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, COL

• Progress applies for COL for new Florida plant

  Progress Energy has submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a combined construction and operating licence (COL) for a potential new nuclear power plant in Levy County, Florida. Posted Aug 04 2008, 10:58 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, NRC, Progress Energy

• Ameren submits COL application for Callaway

  Ameren has submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a combined construction and operating licence for a potential new nuclear power plant at its existing Callaway site in Missouri. Posted Jul 29 2008, 11:49 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, NRC, Callaway, Ameren

• Calvert Cliffs COL accepted; ESBWR for Fermi

  The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted the second half of Unistar's combined construction and operating licence (COL) application for a new reactor at its Calvert Cliffs site for review. Separately, Detroit Edison has named GE-Hitachi's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor as the design reference for its planned Fermi unit 3. Posted Jun 05 2008, 11:04 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, Calvert Cliffs, ESBWR, Fermi

• COL application for USEPR at Susquehanna to be submitted

  Unistar Nuclear Energy (UNE) and PPL Corp have agreed to prepare and submit a combined construction and operating licence (COL) application for a potential third reactor at PPL's Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Posted Dec 20 2007, 10:00 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, PPL, Susquehanna

• Exelon selects Texan site for COL application

  Exelon has selected a site some 20 miles (32 km) south of Victoria in Victoria County, Texas, as the site for a combined construction and operating licence (COL) application for a new nuclear power plant, the company announced on 18 December. Exelon said in June that two sites in Texas were under consideration for the COL application. The other site was about ten miles (16 km) south of Collegeport in Matagorda County. The company said, "After conducting in-depth field investigations and research at both locations as part of the company's site selection process, Victoria County was identified as the site best suited to satisfy NRC requirements as well as other federal and state laws and regulations." Exelon expects to submit the COL application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in September 2008. The company anticipates the application to cost some $23 million. In November, Exelon selected GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR) as its chosen reactor should it go ahead with building a new nuclear plant in Texas. Posted Dec 19 2007, 06:23 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, COL, Exelon, Texas

• Duke files COL application for Lee plant

  Duke Energy has submitted a combined construction and operation licence application with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the proposed new William States Lee III plant in Cherokee County, South Carolina. Posted Dec 14 2007, 09:51 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, Duke Energy, William States Lee III

• NRC accepts COL application for STP

  The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has accepted for review a combined construction and operating licence application for two new reactors at the South Texas Project in Texas. The acceptance review confirms that the application is technically complete and sufficiently addresses all necessary subject areas. Posted Dec 03 2007, 07:42 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: COL, STP, NRC