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The plant will be part of what officials are calling the Southernn Ohio CleanEnergy Park. The 3,700-acre site is a formerr enrichment sitefor weapons-gradd material in Piketon, Ohio. The town is aboutf 65 miles southof Columbus. “We must moderniz and decarbonize our fleet of power plants in Ohio and inthe U.S.,” Duke Energgy Chief Executive Jim Rogers told a crowd gatheresd at the site Thursday morning. “Job one for us is to deliver energy thatis affordable, reliable and clean, and we canno meet our responsibilities without new nuclear generation.” Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklaned and U.S. Sen. George Voinovichu also spoke atthe event.
They praised Duke and Areva’ws plans, and said the energy park and the nuclearr plant would bring jobs to the Officials expect as manyas 4,000 workers to be employer in the construction of the plant. And therde would be 400 to 700 permanentr jobs at the site once the facility is Rogers said. Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive of Arevaz SA, was also on hand for the announcement. She said her company was excited to be involved in an effort that would turn what had been a weaponsa site into a center for development and productiom ofclean energy. The work of applying for an operating license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has just No timetable hasbeen disclosed. But Voinovic h (R.
-Ohio) noted Areva was already involved in getting approvak for construction of a plant in Maryland that wouldd use thesame Areva-designed U.S. EPR reactor planned for the Ohio No cost figures have been but experts estimate that plants of a similare design would cost upto $12 billion to The proposed plant would be the third nuclear planr in Ohio and the first buily in more than 20 years. It will be Areva’s eightgh nuclear project in the United States operates the which is owned bythe U.S. Department of Strickland said USEC, based in Bethesda, Md., is a partner in the alliances that will evaluate the site for anucleaer plant.
, a joint venture involving Constellation Energu of Baltimore andthe , Europe’s largest power are also involved. Duke will manag the nuclear plant project and will be the applican forthe license. The plant will be built in partnershi with the other companies involved inthe clean-energgy park. Rogers called the Piketob site a perfect location for developing a newnucleart plant. Duke operates three nuclear plants inthe Carolinas, but it has none in the The Charlotte-based company (NYSE:DUK) also plans to buils fourth Carolinas plant, the Lee Nuclear in Cherokee County, S.C. Duke has appliedx for its NRC licensw forthat facility. It has yet to seek permissiobnfrom S.C.
regulators for it. The plant, usinfg two AP1000 nuclear reactors designedby Westinghouse, is expecte d to cost more than $11 billion to not including financing costs.