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Scott O’Connor – Engineer Group LeadDesirée Wolfgramm – Senior Engineer

Energy NorthwestJan. 31, 2013

Small Modular ReactorsSmall Modular Reactors

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City of Richland Grant County PUD Mason County PUD 3 Tacoma Public Utilities

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Energy Northwest ProjectsEnergy Northwest Projects

White Bluffs Solar Station(38 KWe)

Columbia Generating Station (1,170 MWe)

Packwood Lake Hydro-electric Project (27 MWe)

Nine Canyon Wind Project(96 MWe)

• Valuable regional and national resource

• Safe, reliable and cost effective

• Attributes well demonstrated in U.S.

• Global revival includes SMRs

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Nuclear EnergyNuclear Energy

• Modular in design – manufactured in factory; delivered and installed at the site

• Small size enables many applications

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Small Modular ReactorsSmall Modular Reactors

• PNW Utility SMR Working Group formed in 2009 by Energy Northwest and Northwest utilities

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SMR – Northwest Utility SupportSMR – Northwest Utility Support

Energy Northwest Franklin County PUD

Asotin County PUD Grant County PUD

Benton County PUD Kittitas County PUD

Benton REA PNGC Power

Ferry County PUD Portland General Electric

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SMR – Government SupportSMR – Government Support

• Jan ‘12 – DOE encourages SMR technology• March ‘12 –$450 million in government

cost-share funding for up to two SMRs• April ‘12 – EN sends letter to DOE, on behalf

of nuclear working group, supporting SMR• Nov ‘12 – DOE partnership with B&W and

TVA announced

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SMR – Modular TechnologySMR – Modular Technology

• Scalable

• NuScale design: up to 12 modules generating 540 Mwe

• Technology developed/tested by OSU, INL and Nexant-Bechtel under DOE funded research

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Reactors housed inside high strength steel containment vessels; submerged in 4 mil gals of water below ground level inside the Reactor Building.

The Reactor Building is designed to withstand earthquakes, floods, tornados, hurricane force winds and aircraft impacts.

12-module, 540 MWe NuScale Plant

Passively Safe Reactor Modules

• Study group monitoring SMR technology

• Carbonless Energy Park

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SMR – Path ForwardSMR – Path Forward

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Nuclear Energy as Part of a MixA majority of Washington residents think that we need a mix of energy sources, including nuclear energy.

Need a mix of both renewable and more traditional power sources, including nuclear

Renewables alone Don’t know

65% Support a New Nuclear Plant

Voters Favor Adding Nuclear Energy

Nuclear is prioritized by statewide respondents second, just short of hydro in terms of overall effectiveness of meeting future statewide energy demands.

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