US EPRnuclear

technology and market

outlook
Bruno Blotas
Vice-President, Business Development
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Status of ongoing projects and perspectives

Conclusion

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AREVA supplies solutions

for power generation with less carbon
World leader in nuclear power
A unique integrated model, from uranium mining
to reactor design and related services to used
nuclear fuel recycling

Nuclear & Renewables:

contributing synergistically

A major player in renewable energies

A portfolio of diversified operations: offshore wind,
concentrated solar power, bioenergies, hydrogen
and energy storage

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to a reliable, economical
and low-carbon energy mix

AREVA Group
2012 Key Figures
9.342Bn in Annual Revenues

Solutions for Carbon-Free

Power Generation

45.4Bn in Backlog

4.8% of revenues in R&D

spending
47,000 Employees Including:
900 Specialty Experts
2,700 Scientists & Researchers
6,500 in worlds largest
nuclear in-house EPC team

>8,000 Active Patents held

51 Manufacturing Sites in 5

continents
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AREVA experience in reactors

construction and services

102 reactors around the World

30% of worldwide installed nuclear capacity

4 EPR
Under construction

360+ reactors served around the World

out of 440 in operations worldwide
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Status of ongoing projects and perspectives

Conclusion

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U.S. EPR Background

OL-3 Design Conversion
Basis for US design certification (DC)
Electrical conversion (50Hz vs. 60Hz)
Mechanical conversion (design tropicalization)
Seismic conversion (0.1g vs. 0.3g DBE)

Engineering continuum to support plant construction

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U.S. EPR Design Certification

Project Update
Completed 3 phases of 6-phase review process
Final 3 phases scheduled for completion in 2014

Final DC rule June 2015

On track for NRC acceptance of all outstanding requests for additional
information (RAIs) by Aug 30 2013

AREVA committed to completion

Significant investment
Supports completion of UNE/PPL combined license applications
(COLAs)
NRC license a key consideration for other countries

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U.S. EPR Licensing Activities

Calvert Cliffs 3
Less than 20 open RAIs for UNE;
responses expected in the next few months

NRC approval anticipated about 3 months

after DC rulemaking
NRC undertaking a re-assessment of
foreign ownership provision of the U.S.
Atomic Energy Act

Bell Bend
COL in Phase A of NRC Safety Review (4
phases total)
1st phase of environmental review is
complete
NRC approval anticipated 6-12 months
after DC rulemaking

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Safety Aspects of the U.S. EPRTM

Post-Fukushima Licensing
U.S. EPRTM Development Objectives
Improved safety
Improved economics

Main Safety Systems

Four accumulators
Four-train safety injection system
Four emergency diesel generators and two station black-out diesels
In Containment Refueling Water Storage Tank
Passive hydrogen recombiners
Containment spray system & core-catcher with passive cooling
system

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Safety Aspects of the U.S. EPRTM

Post-Fukushima Licensing
Protection from external hazards
Inner wall post-tensioned concrete with steel
liner
Outer wall reinforced concrete
Protection against external explosions
Annulus filtered to reduce radioisotope
release

Severe accident mitigation

Prevention of high-pressure melt using
primary depressurization system
Passive ex-vessel melt stabilization,
conditioning and cooling

Long-term melt cooling and containment

protection using active cooling system
Control of H2 concentration using passive
autocatalytic recombiners
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Safety Aspects of the U.S. EPRTM

Post-Fukushima Licensing
The U.S. EPRTM design satisfies all current regulatory

requirements and the NRC Near-Term Task Force

recommendations
Minor enhancements being implemented to provide

additional safety margin

Permanent seismic piping from diesel-driven fire pump

via emergency feedwater heater to

maintain reactor core cooling
Heat removal using secondary-side
feed & bleed

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U.S. EPRTM Optimization Study

Improvements in construction,

performance & maintenance are

permanently sought with direct effects on
cost and construction schedule
Study benefitted from the 4 worldwide

EPR construction projects--650

lessons learned implemented to date
Experience gained from OL3, FA3, TSN

and other planned projects will benefit all

future EPR new builds

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Benefits of the U.S. EPRTM Plant

Financial Risk Reduction
Predictable performance from evolutionary, proven design based on decades of
reactor performance
Lowest lifecycle costs from higher output, lower risk of unplanned outages, and
reduced outage duration
Safety through multiple lines of defense in depth with redundant & diverse
equipment for protection against known & unknown hazards
Award-winning, NRC-approved digital instrumentation & control

Design optimized for U.S. regulations, operation & maintenance modes

Project Risk Reduction

Project experience in strict regulatory environments (construction licenses &
design certification in multiple countries)

Global supply chain of experienced nuclear-qualified vendors

Effective lessons-learned system driving improvements in cost & schedule
Expected completion of 4 plants within the next 2 years
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 AREVA at a glance

The US-EPR

Status of ongoing projects and perspectives

Conclusion

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Olkiluoto 3 EPR project

Major Milestones

Reactor
Building
Containment Line
-7 m to +16 m

2007

All primary loop

components installed
Delivery of the
Reactor Pressure
Vessel

2008

2009

Lifting of the
Reactor Dome

Reactor Pressure
Vessel introduced

2010

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2011

Site connected to
national grid

Fuel handling
equipment installed

2012

2013

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Progress update April 2013

OL3 Key Facts
Construction works : 80% completed
Civil works: completed
Piping: 85% completed
Electrical installation: 66 % completed

Primary circuit and equipment

Installation of Control Rod Drive Mechanism
Fuel handling equipment installation and tests ongoing

I&C
I&C overall architecture approved by STUK
Test concept approval process on going

Licensing
Master List for Operating License Application documentation

delivered to TVO

Commissioning
All pools and surge tanks in the nuclear island

completed and tested successfully

Concrete work
completed

Power connection between the national grid and OL3 site

Secondary Hydro-tests completed on all 4 loops
Energization of the safeguard building 1&2 completed

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Olkiluoto 3 moving towards completion

Commissioning phase

March 13
CRDM installation on-going

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April 13
Refueling machine
electrical installation ongoing
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Flamanville 3 EPR project

Major Milestones
Copyright EDF

First safety pump in

the safeguard building
Installation of
Safeguard system piping
Signature of First concrete
pouring
the contract

2007

2008

Installation of the
pressurizer relief tank

Welding of first supports

in safeguard buildings

EBS pumps
Start of
Piping Erection installed

Delivery of the first

embedded tank (RPE)

2009

2010

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First operational
cabinet installed

2011

2012

2013

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Flamanville 3

Progress update May 2013

FA3 Key Facts
AREVA scope
Engineering: ~100% of base scope completed
Procurement: 80% overall progress

Licensing: On-going activities for the

preparation of the Operating License
Application file
Primary equipments: Steam generators,

pressurizer and primary pump casing

hydrotested and stored
Piping: Erection ongoing since 2011
I&C: First operational I&C cabinets installed and
first safety I&C cabinets delivered on site
Concrete work
completed

Installation of
containment liner

Reinforcement work
completed
awaiting concreting

Installation: installation of first CVCS heat

exchanger (May 2013)

Civil works (outside AREVA scope)

93% progress of civil work
Preparation work for polar crane installation and

Note: all percentages (%) in terms of value;

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dome lifting (July 2013)

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Flamanville 3
Installation works ongoing

Copyright EDF

May 13

May 13

Introduction of the first CVCS

heat exchanger

Pouring of the last lift of the

reactor building

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Taishan 1&2 EPR project

Major Milestones
Copyright TNPJVC

LOI to create a JV
in Nuclear Reactor
Signature of
Engineering
the Contract

2007

2008

First Concrete
TS2
First
Concrete TS1

2009

1st

2010

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TS1:
RPV installed

TS1
1st liner lifted
TS2
liner lifted

2011

TS2:
Dome lifted

TS1: All heavy

components installed
& primary loop welded

TS1:
Dome lifted

2013

2012

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Progress update May 2013

Taishan 1&2 Key Facts
Taishan 1

Taishan 2

AREVA scope
Procurement: more than 95% orders made
Engineering: more than 86% completed
Main components
Unit 1: all primary heavy components

installed RPV installed

Unit 2: first SG shipped to Taishan

Polar Crane commissioning (Unit 2)

Main Control Room installed (Unit 1)

Outside AREVA scope

Unit 1: IRWST tank installation finalized
Unit 2: RPV installation preparation
Concrete work
completed

Installation of
containment liner

Welding of the primary circuit completed (U1

More than 13,000 people working on site

Reinforcement work
completed
awaiting concreting
Note: all percentages (%) in terms of value;
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Taishan 2
Dome lifting

Copyright
TNPJVC
Copyright TNPJVC

September 12
Dome lifting
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Taishan 1 & 2
Equipment and Fuel manufacturing progressing
Copyright TNPJVC

Copyright TNPJVC

March 13
First Fuel Assemby
produced for TSN 1

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May 13
First TSN 2 Steam Generator
manufactured by Dongfang
shipped to Taishan

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EPR reactor
Lessons learned process achievements
Evolution between
OL3 and Taishan

Engineering

Number of engineering hours on the

Nuclear Steam Supply System scope

- 60 %

Construction

Duration of construction
(from 1st concrete to dome
installation)

- 50 %

Procurement

Average procurement time

(reliability of procurement planning)

- 65 %

Total

Total construction time

(from 1st concrete to 1st criticity)

- 40 %

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The value of Experience: Licensing

Reviewed by reference Safety Authorities
The EPR reactor
Construction license granted by Finnish, French and Chinese Safety
Authorities
Final Design Acceptance confirmation issued by the ONR in the UK in Dec 12
Design Certification by US NRC expected by 2015

The only Gen3+ design submitted to the post-Fukushima

European Safety checks

The EPR Reactor fully complies with WENRA* objectives for

New Power Reactors and is ready to comply with post-Fukushima

requirements
This unique breadth and depth of design review strongly mitigates

the licensing risk related to nuclear new build

2005

2007

2009

2012

NNSA

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2015

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Nuclear New Build Perspectives

ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS

ONGOING BIDS

(BILATERAL)

UPCOMING
OPPORTUNITIES

ESKOM

EDF

TVO

Hinkley Point C
Units 1-2

OL4

CGNPC

JAEC

PGE
Saudi Arabia
GDF Suez Iberdrola

Taishan 3-4

Vattenfall
NPCIL
Jaitapur 1-2

CEZ
Temelin 3-4

EVN
NA-SA

EUAS
Sinop 1-2-3-4

MNPC
UAE
EDF - Calvert Cliff 3
PPL - Bell Bend
Duke Energy - Piketon
Canada
Hungary

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Conclusion
The overall financing situation is difficult and limits projects

realization, it is as of today the challenge Number 1

Although the technology choice seems not to be the key driver

making a project achievable, only the best technology

associated with the most credible investors-operators will get
the appropriate support from the banks as well from the public
Market environment is crucial, appropriate support mechanisms

need be engineered by governments willing to promote a nuclear

programme and favour the emergence of achievable nuclear
projects

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las ventajas el EPR para el investor
Lean nuestros folletos sobre la

seguridad avanzada del EPR

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Stay on the safe

side with EPR

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Muchas gracias

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