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1 NuclearEnergy XIIJornadas Nacionales sobre Energía y ducación a Tecnología Nuclearde Futuro 3/09/2005 aime Segarra

2 GE in NuclearEnergy Nuclear Power Plants ABWR ESBWR Hydrogen / Gen IV Services Reactor & Field Services Performance Services GE Healthcare / Medical Isotopes Global Nuclear Fuel BWR Fuel MOX Fuel Fuel Engineering Services

3 NuclearRenaissance?

4 Life Cycle Analysis Milligram / kw h Em issions Produced by 1 KW ofelectricity (TotalEm issions from Construction,Operation,Dism antling & Disposal) CO2 SOX NOX VOC PM Nuclear Energy Am ongstlow estofany Generation Source Source:IEA Coal Gas CC Solar Wind Nuclear

5 Public SupportGrow ing Do you Favor or Oppose the use ofnuclear energy Support 80 O ppose Source:BiscontiResearch Inc 0 '03 '01 '99 '97 '95 '93 '91 '89 '87 '85 '83

6 New NuclearEconom ics (20 YearLevelized CostOfElectricity) COE (cents /kw H) New Nuclear Shifts the Econom ic Paradigm Fuel O&M Capital 0 Gas Coal Nuclear Source:DOE,EIA,NEI,GE Energy China,Taiwan,Japan,Finland,France,Russia Building USA,UK,Canada,Eastern Europe Considering

7 Nuclearnew units (Estimated cum ulative new projects in GW in selected regions from 2005 to 2020) Am erica s Europe new nuclear econom ics / kw (20 yearlevelized cost) 5.5 Gas Coal Nuclear Fuel Operating Capital 10.9 Asia perform ance + globalwarming + new technology + econom ics

8 New BW R Renaissance

9 BW R Evolution Dresden1 KRB OysterCreek Dresden2 ABWR SBWR ESBWR

10 BW R Activity Today Lungm en Unit 1 Construction ABW Rs Being Built in Japan Lungm en Simulator in San Jose D O E 2010 TVA,NuStart,& Dom inion

11 NextGen Reactor ESBW R Design Highlights 1,500 MWe Econom ic Simplified BW R New Steam Turbine Design Passive Safety Features Naturalcirculation Key Benefits Reduced CapitalCost ShorterConstruction Period Improved Safety & Security Improved O&M Costs Status NuStartSelects ESBW R & AP1000 Dom inion Sw itches to ESBW R from ACR NRC ApprovalScheduled 06 DOE 2010 Approval Energy Bil

12 GE s NextGen Solution ESBW R Energy Sim plified. Passive design features reduce active system s,whilstincreasing safety 25% less pum ps,valves and m otors 25% less pipew ork and cabling Plantsafety dependenton naturalforces,notoperatorintervention Econom ic Solution. Sim plified design drives new econom ics 50% reduction in safety grade building volum e 30% Less Cubic M eters / M W e 11 system s elim inated,othersystem s reduced by 25% Expedited Schedule. M odular,standard pre-licensed design a low s fasterdeploym ent 36 m onths orbetterfrom firstconcrete to fuelload. Energy Secure. ESBW R technology w ilprovide cleaner,safer,m ore econom ic and reliable electricity.

13 Passive Safety Passive Safety System s Sim plify the Plant,Reduce M aintenance and Increase Security

14 Key Milestones June 2005 Dec 2006 Certification Application FDA Expected Acceleration Opportunity Requires Additional Funding Starting in 2005 Dec 2007 Oct2008 DC Expected COL Preparation Com plete Overlapping DC and COL Is Major Opportunity for Schedule Acceleration Mid rd quarter2015 Detailed Engineering COL Issued/Construction Begins CommercialOperation Fits Utility COL Target Of2008

15 USA 2010 Landscape 4Q 04 1Q / ESP Applications DOE 2010 Aw ards New Build Incentives Com bined Op License Applications? New Plant Build? Dom inion Dom inion GE Dom inion Dom inion Exelon Incentives Yes Exelon Entergy NuStart GE No NuStart Entergy Southern Nuclear Duke Also includes: Progress FP&L EdF TVA Evaluate Options Possible split? Southern Nuclear Duke Constellation Constellation Filed Considering TVA GE TVA TVA DOE,Custom ers GE & partners funding ~60%

16 esúm en y Conclusiones La Energía Nuclear esuna opción con crecientesposibilidadespara ueva generación en carga base ElABW R es un diseño ya probado en variospaíses y disponible.esta xperiencia es aplicable directam ente alesbw R ElESBW R ofrece un diseño de centralcon m uy notables im plificaciones y mejoras de diseño ElABW R o elesbw R pueden ser lasm ejoresopcionespara nueva generación en carga base

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