William States Lee III Nuclear Generating Station

William States Lee III Nuclear Generating Station
Location of William States Lee III Nuclear Generating Station in South Carolina
Country United States
Location Cherokee County, near Gaffney, South Carolina
Coordinates 35°2′0″N 81°30′40″W / 35.03333°N 81.51111°W / 35.03333; -81.51111Coordinates: 35°2′0″N 81°30′40″W / 35.03333°N 81.51111°W / 35.03333; -81.51111
Construction cost $11 billion (estimate)
Owner(s) Duke Energy
Nuclear power station
Reactor type AP1000
Reactor supplier Westinghouse
Power generation
Units planned 2 x 1117 MW

The William States Lee III Nuclear Station is a planned two-unit nuclear power plant. Duke Energy filed the Combined Construction and Operating License (COL) application for the plant on December 13, 2007 to the NRC. As of October 2016, the license had not been issued.[1]

The plant is named for William States Lee III (1929–1996), former chief executive officer (CEO) of Duke Energy (1982–94). This site will be adjacent to the Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant site which was never completed and abandoned in the early 1980s, and used by James Cameron as a film set for the 1989 movie The Abyss.

Costs and economics

In December 2007, Duke Power announced that it would spend $160 million in 2008 on the plant and that total costs could range 5–6 billion dollars.[2] In November 2008, Duke estimated the overnight cost of the plant at $14 billion.[3]

Licensing and construction

The mandatory hearing phase of the licensing process, in which the NRC votes on whether to issue the reactor license, is expected to be completed in 2016.[4]

Reactor data

The William States Lee III Nuclear Generating Station will consist of two reactors.

Reactor unit[5] Reactor type Capacity Construction started Electricity grid connection Commercial operation Shutdown
Net Gross
William States Lee III -1 (planned)[6] AP1000 1117 MW MW
William States Lee III -2 (planned)[7] AP1000 1117 MW MW

References

  1. ↑ NRC: William States Lee III Nuclear Station, Units 1 and 2 Application Retrieved October 21, 2016
  2. ↑ Reuters. UPDATE 1-Duke Energy files to build new nuclear power plant. December 13, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Duke raises cost estimate for Lee plant". World Nuclear News. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  4. ↑ Duke receives final SER for William States Lee nuclear plant August 8, 2016
  5. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA: „United States of America: Nuclear Power Reactors- Alphabetic“
  6. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA: „Nuclear Power Reactor Details - WILLIAM STATES LEE III -1“
  7. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA: „Nuclear Power Reactor Details - WILLIAM STATES LEE III -2“

See also


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