Services for New Nuclear Plants
Sargent & Lundy is highly qualified to engineer, design, plan, evaluate, and manage large, complex nuclear projects. We have been authorized to design 30 new nuclear units and have engineered numerous major operating plant modifications. Our nuclear engineering and design experience includes successive generations of BWR, PWR, and CANDU stations.
Representative projects
- Engineering, Detailed Design, and Procurement Activities
- Combined Operating License (COL) Preparation
- Early Site Permit Preparation
- Owners Engineer
- EPC Technical Requirements
- EPRI Nuclear Power Generation Technology Assessment
- Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
- Korean Nuclear Program
Engineering, Detailed Design, and Procurement Activities
Sargent & Lundy is performing the Nuclear Island detailed engineering and design for South Texas Project Units 3&4. Our scope includes the analysis and structural design of the reactor building, the control building, the radwaste building, and the ultimate heat sink. In addition our project team is responsible for the detailed design of the systems in these buildings other than the reactor itself. The scope of S&L’s procurement activities includes the preparation of approximately 135 procurement and installation specifications and involvement in the bid evaluation and selection process. The design and engineering work is scheduled to be complete before construction begins.
Combined Operating License (COL) Preparation
As the leader of a joint venture team, we prepared two COL applications for Progress Energy. One was prepared for twin AP1000s at the Shearon Harris site and a second COL application was prepared for twin AP1000s at a site in Levy County, Florida.
Each COL includes:
- An FSAR
- An Environmental Report
- Plus various programs required by the regulations, all in accordance with 10CFR52 and the guidance provided by NEI04-01, including:
- An Emergency Plan
- A Security Plan
- A QA Program
Early Site Permit Preparation
Sargent & Lundy is supporting the preparation of the Early Site Permit (ESP) application for a potential new nuclear station for PSEG. The ESP is scheduled to be submitted to the NRC in May 2010. The application will enable the NRC to review and pre-approve the plant site for future construction and enable the owner to conduct design and site-specific evaluations as part of exploring the feasibility of building a new nuclear plant.
Owners Engineer
Our work as Owners Engineer for Exelon in their potential development of two nuclear units in Victoria County, Tex. encompasses multiple areas of responsibility. Work to date includes detailed evaluations of potential sites and technology options and preparing EPC Specification technical requirements. As project planning and feasibility evaluations progress, we will also be performing initial design of major site features, preparing an overall integrated project schedule, and providing additional technical, vendor interface, and QA support.
EPC Technical Requirements
Sargent & Lundy has developed for multiple owners the technical requirements specifications that will be used in the EPC contracts with reactor suppliers and/or their consortia. These documents include a thorough review and applicability determination of over 5,000 EPRI ALWR Utility Requirements, specific lessons learned from operating plants obtained from INPO documents, and equipment-specific requirements based on our decades of experience in the nuclear industry.
EPRI Nuclear Power Generation Technology Assessment
Sargent & Lundy is currently supporting the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to perform an assessment of current Nuclear Power Generation Technologies. EPRI's objective is to develop material that will serve as a reference for potential owners and operators of companies interested in considering future nuclear generation.
We will provide plant descriptions, estimated cost, and associated technical information as is publicly available. The results will include current status and potential projections for development and/or commercialization activities over the next 5 to 15 years. We will also address issues and activities related to gaining an understanding of new nuclear generation technologies as they relate to planning, engineering, and project development.
Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR)
The PBMR is being designed in South Africa and is one of several new generation nuclear designs currently being evaluated by the international power industry. Sargent & Lundy personnel provided nuclear design experience and expertise in:
- Mechanical auxiliary systems
- Electrical systems
- I&C systems
- Plant general arrangement design
- Modular building design
- Cost reduction
- Licensing efforts
- Equipment procurement cost estimates
- Bulk material procurement cost estimates
Korean Nuclear Program
From 1987 to 2004, Sargent & Lundy played a significant role in developing state-of-the-art nuclear plants in the Republic of Korea (ROK). We performed design for Yonggwang (YGN) 3&4 and Ulchin 3&4 as part of our initiative to maintain our leadership in the nuclear power field. The Ulchin 3&4 plant design, which has been adopted as the Korean standardized design, is based on the YGN 3&4 design, which is a first-of-a-kind design developed by Sargent & Lundy and KOPEC. These first-of-a-kind plants were completed on schedule and under budget.
