THE ECONOMY FACTOR IN STEAM-POWER PLANTS

By LINDA MARTINEZ

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TABLE 1: OPERATIONAL UNITS SUMMARY TABLE 2: PERMANENTLY SHUTDOWN UNITS US NUCLEAR POWER PLANT OPERATING COST AND EXPERIENCE SUMMARIES ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE BEAVER VALLEY BRAIDWOOD BROWNS FERRY BRUNSWICK BYRON CALLAWAY CALVERT CLIFFS CATAWBA CLINTON COLUMBIA GENERATING STATION COMANCHE PEAK COOK (DC COOK) COOPER STATION CRYSTAL RIVER DAVIS-BESSE DIABLO CANYON DRESDEN DUANE ARNOLD FARLEY (JOSEPH M FARLEY) FERMI FITZPATRICK (JAMES A FITZPATRICK) FORT CALHOUN GINNA (ROBERT E GINNA) GRAND GULF HARRIS 1 (SHEARON HARRIS 1) HATCH (EDWIN I HATCH) HOPE CREEK INDIAN POINT KEWAUNEE LASALLE COUNTY LIMERICK MCGUIRE MILLSTONE 1 & MILLSTONE MONTICELLO NINE MILE POINT NORTH ANNA OCONEE OYSTER CREEK PALISADES PALO VERDE PEACH BOTTOM PERRY PILGRIM POINT BEACH PRAIRIE ISLAND QUAD CITIES RIVER BEND ROBINSON 2 (HB ROBINSON 2) SALEM SAN ONOFRE SEABROOK SEQUOYAH SOUTH TEXAS PROJECT ST LUCIE SUMMER (VIRGIL C SUMMER) SURRY SUSQUEHANNA THREE MILE ISLAND TURKEY POINT VERMONT YANKEE VOGTLE (ALVIN W VOGTLE) WATERFORD WATTS BAR WOLF CREEK INTRODUCTION COMPILED BY THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL), THIS REPORT PRESENTS RESULTS OF AN ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL OPERATING COST AND EXPERIENCE INFORMATION ON US COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS THE WORK WAS SPONSORED BY THE NRC’S OFFICE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR REGULATION’S DIVISION OF REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS AND PROVIDES THE SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE OPERATING COST AND EXPERIENCE INFORMATION PREPARED FOR AND SUBMITTED TO THE NRC IN OCTOBER 1997 AND PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 1998 (NUREG/CR-6577) THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES COSTS AND OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL OPERATIONAL US NUCLEAR PLANTS DURING 2000-2001 ALSO INCLUDED ARE TABULAR DATA FOR 11 NUCLEAR UNITS THAT HAVE CEASED OPERATIONS HISTORICAL OPERATIONS AND COST DATA FOR UNITS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT CAN BE FOUND IN THE 1998 PUBLICATION OF THIS REPORT, OR IN SUPPLEMENT PUBLISHED IN JANUARY 2001 THE US OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR PLANTS DETAILED IN THIS REPORT ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1, WHICH CONTAINS UNIT SUMMARY INFORMATION THROUGH DECEMBER 2001 TABLE 2 PROVIDES SUMMARY DETAILS FOR UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN OR DECOMMISSIONED IN THE COST AND EXPERIENCE SECTION OF THIS REPORT, GRAPHS OF HISTORICAL ANNUAL PRODUCTION COSTS (IE, OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND FUEL COSTS) AND CAPITAL ADDITIONS COSTS ARE PRESENTED IN 2001 DOLLARS FOLLOWED BY A UNIT-BY-UNIT OPERATING EXPERIENCE SUMMARY IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES, COST DATA ARE ONLY AVAILABLE ON A TOTAL PLANT (RATHER THAN UNIT) BASIS IN A FEW CASES, WHERE EACH UNIT HAS A SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP ARRANGEMENT, COST DATA ARE AVAILABLE ON A UNIT-BY-UNIT BASIS WHERE POSSIBLE, UNIT-BY-UNIT COST HISTORIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED THE SOURCES OF COST DATA FOR THE PLOTS ARE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (FERC) FORM 1 FOR PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES AND THE ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) FORM 412 FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES ANNUAL DATA SUBMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED BY THE UTILITIES; THESE WERE OBTAINED FROM COMPUTERIZED DATABASES FROM THE UTILITY DATA INSTITUTE, A MCGRAW-HILL COMPANY DUE TO THE CONTINUING DEREGULATION OF THE ELECTRICAL POWER INDUSTRY, SEVERAL UTILITIES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY APPEALED TO FERC TO WITHHOLD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE KEY FINANCIAL INFORMATION, AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, COMPLETE COST DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR SOME NUCLEAR UNITS IN THESE CASES, THE COST PLOTS FOR THESE UNITS TERMINATE AT THE LAST YEAR FOR WHICH COST DATA WERE RECEIVED ALL COST DATA, HOWEVER, WERE ADJUSTED TO YEAR 2001 DOLLARS IN A FEW OTHER CASES, PRIOR YEAR COST DATA, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND FOR THESE YEARS A DISCONTINUOUS LINE ON THE COST PLOTS NOTES THE MISSING DATA PLANTS WITH INCOMPLETE COST HISTORIES INCLUDE: PLANT YEAR PLANT YEAR BRAIDWOOD LASALLE LIMERICK 1997, HATCH