[cdn-nucl-l] Fw: New Nukes

["Jerry Cuttler" <jerrycuttler@home.com>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Denis Beller <beller@lanl.gov>
To: Multiple recipients of list ans-pie <ans-pie@nuke-ans.org>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 12:15 PM
Subject: New Nukes


> Just FYI for those who still believe that no new nuclear plants will be
> ordered in the U.S. before 2020.
>
> Exelon (the new power company formed by the merger of ComEd and PECO) has
> notified the NRC that in 2002 they will request a license for a PBMR
(Eskom
> of So. Africa, Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, 110 MWe, gas-cooled, no
> containment).  In addition, Exelon have asked the NRC to undertake some
> "pre-application" activities.  The NRC will convene a meeting on Jan. 31st
> from 1:30 to 5:00 PM for a public discussion of this request (they want to
> figure out just what Exelon is asking for).  Brookhaven, Oak Ridge, Idaho,
> and Los Alamos National Labs will be represented during the meeting.
>
> Denis
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> Dr. Denis E. Beller
> Systems Engineering and Integration Group
> Decision Applications Division
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