Plant Life Extension (PLEX) and Plant Life Management (PLIM) for Nuclear Reactors - Global Landscape Analysis to 2020

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Plant Life Extension (PLEX) and Plant Life Management (PLIM) for Nuclear Reactors - Global Landscape Analysis to 2020

Summary Scope

- Regions covered include Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and South and Central America

- Qualitative information on market drivers, restraints on the PLEX market and the PLEX process.

- Key updates on plant life extension developments in all regions.

- Key updates on major players, such as GE Hitachi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hitachi, Ltd, Alstom SA, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

Reasons to buy

- Identify key regions with potential opportunities for growth in the nuclear plant life extension market.

- Understand the emerging opportunities for players in the nuclear PLEX industry.

- Gain the most up to date information on plant life extension developments in the world.

Table of Contents

1 Table of Contents1 Table of Contents 21.1 List of Tables 41.2 List of Figures 52 Introduction 62.1 GlobalData Report Guidance 63 Plant Life Extension (PLEX) and Plant Life Management (PLIM) for Nuclear Reactors - Global Landscape Analysis to 2020 73.1 Nuclear Plant Life Extension Overview 73.2 Plant Life Extension Process 73.2.1 Project Initiation 83.2.2 Integrated Implementation Plan 83.2.3 Project Execution 93.2.4 Return to Service 93.2.5 Follow Up 103.3 Nuclear Plant Life Extensions – Key Drivers 113.3.1 Growing Demand for Electricity 113.3.2 Averting Decommissioning Costs 123.3.3 Averting Capital Investment Costs for New-build 123.3.4 Environmental Benefits Associated With Nuclear Power 133.3.5 Continued Power Supply 133.4 Nuclear Plant Life Extensions – Major Restraints 133.4.1 Public Concerns 133.4.2 Concerns on Reduced Safety Features 133.5 Nuclear Plant Life Extension Market Overview 134 Plant Life Management (PLIM) Overview 144.1 Plant Life Management (PLIM) of Nuclear Power Plants 144.2 PLIM approaches 144.2.1 Periodic Safety Review (PSR) 144.2.2 License Renewal (LR) Application 155 Plants Life Extension, Global, Market Analysis, 2012-2020 165.1 Plant Life Extension, Global, Market Size ($m), 2012-2020 165.2 PLEX Market, Global, 2012–1016 and 2017–2020 175.3 Plant Life Extension Market, Global, 2012-2020 195.3.1 Plant Life Extension Market, Asia-Pacific, 2012-2020 195.3.2 Plant Life Extension Market, Europe, 2012-2020 215.3.3 Plant Life Extension Market, North America, 2012-2020 345.3.4 Plant Life Extension Market, South and Central America, 2012-2020 396 Global Power Uprates and Age Analysis 416.1 Power Uprate Overview 416.2 Global Power Uprate Overview 416.2.1 US Power Uprate Overview 416.2.2 Sweden Power Uprate Overview 426.3 Global Age Analysis 436.3.1 Age Analysis, by Reactor Type 446.3.2 Age Analysis, by Region 466.3.3 Age Analysis, by Net Capacity 487 Analysis of the Key Players in the Global Nuclear Plant Life Extension and Power Uprates Market 497.1 Doosan Babcock Energy Limited 497.1.1 Doosan Babcock, Company Overview 497.1.2 Doosan Babcock, Life Extension and Plant Upgrade 497.2 PCI Energy Services, LLC 497.2.1 PCI Energy Services, Company Overview 497.2.2 PCI Energy Services, PLEX Implementation 497.3 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 507.3.1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Company Overview 507.3.2 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, PLEX Implementation 507.4 Atomic Energy of Canada Limited 507.4.1 Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Company Overview 507.4.2 Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, PLEX Implementation Experience 507.5 Atos Origin S.A 517.5.1 Atos Origin S.A, Company Overview 517.5.2 Atos Origin S.A, PLEX Implementation Experience 517.6 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power 517.6.1 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, Company Overview 517.6.2 Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, PLEX Implementation Experience 517.7 Alstom 517.7.1 Company Overview 517.7.2 Alstom, PLEX Implementation 517.8 Areva NP 527.8.1 Areva NP, Company Overview 527.8.2 Areva NP, PLEX Implementation Experience 527.9 GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Inc. 527.9.1 GE-Hitachi, Company Overview 527.9.2 GE-Hitachi, PLEX and Power Uprate Implementation 527.10 Westinghouse 527.10.1 Westinghouse, Company Overview 527.10.2 Westinghouse, PLEX and Power Uprate Implementation 537.11 URS Corporation 537.11.1 URS Corporation, Company Overview 537.11.2 URS Corporation, PLEX Implementation 537.12 Enercon Services, Inc. 537.12.1 Company Overview 537.12.2 Enercon, Power Uprate Implementation Experience 537.13 Bechtel Power Corporation 547.13.1 Bechtel Power, Company Overview 547.13.2 Bechtel Power, PLEX Implementation 548 Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension and Power Uprates 558.1 Japan Decides on 60 Year Reactor Lifespan Limit 558.2 Argentina Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension 558.2.1 Argentina Signs Memorandum of Understanding with South Korea 558.2.2 Refurbishment Contract Signed for Embalse NPP 558.2.3 Contract Signed Between AECL and Nucleoelectrica to Refurbish Embalse Nuclear Plant 558.3 Bulgarian, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension and Power uprate 568.3.1 Bulgarian Energy Holdings Collaborates with Westinghouse 568.3.2 Kozloduy Plant Looks for Uprate Approval 568.4 Taiwan, Key Industry Update in Nuclear Plant Life Extension 568.4.1 Taiwan says No to Nuclear plant Life Extensions 568.5 Spain, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension and Power uprate 568.5.1 Power Uprates for Spanish Reactors 568.5.2 5 year Life Extension for Oldest Nuclear Reactor in Spain 568.6 Mexico, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Modernization 578.6.1 Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant Underwent Modernization 578.7 Czech Republic, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Management and Power uprate 578.7.1 Czech Republic Uprates Unit Back in Operation 578.7.2 Rolls-Royce Contract with Czech Republic nuclear plant 578.8 France, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension 578.8.1 France Looks Forward to Extend its Power Plants 578.8.2 Rolls-Royce Wins the French Modernization Program 578.9 Russia, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension and Power uprate 588.9.1 Russian NPPs at Smolensk to undergo Modernization Program 588.10 The UK, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension 588.10.1 Nuclear Plant Extension at Capenhurst to be Designed by Atkins 588.11 The US, Key Industry Developments in Nuclear Plant Life Extension and Power uprate 588.11.1 NRC Approves Power Output increase for Nine Mile Point Nuclear Power Plant 588.11.2 Curtiss-Wright Receives Contract from Progress Energy to Provide ICCMS for Crystal River Unit 3 Nuclear Power Plant 588.11.3 Ameren Missouri Submits Callaway Energy Center License Renewal Application 588.11.4 NRC update on uprates 598.11.5 US Department of Energy to Investigate into Reactor Lifespans Greater than 60 years 599 Appendix 609.1 Abbreviations 609.2 Bibliography 619.3 Methodology 629.3.1 Coverage 629.3.2 Secondary Research 629.3.3 Primary Research 629.4 Modeling and Forecasting 639.5 Contact Us 639.6 Disclaimer 63

List of Tables

Table 1: Power Consumption, GWh, Global, 2000–2020 12

Table 2: Terms of License for Operation of Nuclear Power Plants 14

Table 3: PLEX Market, Global, 2012–2016 and 2017–2020 17

Table 4: Global, Key Equipment Replacements Needed for Plant Life Extension Programs 18

Table 5: Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Japan, 2012 19

Table 6: Expected Operating Nuclear Plants for PLEX (units), Republic of Korea, 2012-2020 20

Table 7: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Republic of Korea, 2012 21

Table 8: Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Belgium, 2012 21

Table 9: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Bulgaria, as of January 2012 22

Table 10: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Czech Republic, as of January 2012 22

Table 11: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Czech Republic, 2012 22

Table 12: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Finland, as of January 2012 23

Table 13: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), France, as of January 2012 24

Table 14: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), France, 2012 25

Table 15: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Hungary, as of January 2012 26

Table 16: Operating Nuclear Plant Undergoing PLEX (units), Netherlands, as of January 2012 26

Table 17: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Russia, as of January 2012 27

Table 18: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Russia, 2012 28

Table 19: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Slovakia, as of January 2012 28

Table 20: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Slovakia, 2012 29

Table 21: Operating Nuclear Plant Expected for PLEX (units), Slovenia, as of January 2012 29

Table 22: Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units) Spain, 2012 30

Table 23: Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Sweden, 2012 30

Table 24: Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Switzerland, 2012 31

Table 25: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Ukraine, as of January 2012 31

Table 26: Expected Operating Nuclear Plants for PLEX (units), Ukraine, 2012-2020 32

Table 27: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Ukraine, 2012 32

Table 28: Operating Nuclear Power Plant after PLEX (units), United Kingdom, as of January, 2012 33

Table 29: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), United Kingdom, 2012 33

Table 30: Reactors for Refurbishment (units), Canada, January, 2012 34

Table 31: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Canada, 2012 35

Table 32: Operating Reactors Issued Extension (units), United States, as of January 2012 36

Table 33: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), United States, 2012 38

Table 34: Operating Nuclear Plants Considered for PLEX (units), Argentina, as of January 2012 39

Table 35: Other Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Argentina, 2012 39

Table 36: Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Brazil, 2012 39

Table 37: Operating Nuclear Power Plants (units), Mexico, 2012 40

Table 38: Approved Power Uprates for Operating Nuclear Reactors (units), US,as of January 2012 41

Table 39: Power Uprates Applications Under Review (units), US, as of January 2012 42

Table 40: Expected Power Uprates, US, as of December 2010 42

Table 41: Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Type, as of January 2012 44

Table 42: Age Analysis of Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Type, as of January 2012 45

Table 43: Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Region, as of January 2012 46

Table 44: Age Analysis of Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Region, as of January 2012 47

Table 45: Age Analysis of Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Capacity (MW), as of January 2012 48

Table 46: Abbreviation 60

List of Figures

1.2 List of FiguresFigure 1: Plant Life Extension Process 7Figure 2: Power Consumption, GWh, Global, 2000–2020 11Figure 3: Plant Life Extension Market, Global , Market Size ($m), as of January, 2012 16Figure 4: PLEX Market, Global, 2012–2016 and 2017–2020 17Figure 5: Age of Current Operational Reactors (years), Global, as of January 2012 43Figure 6: Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Type, as of January 2012 44Figure 7: Age Analysis of Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Type, as of January 2012 45Figure 8: Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Region, as of January 2012 46Figure 9: Age Analysis of Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Region, as of January 2012 47Figure 10: Age Analysis of Current Operating Reactors (units), Global, by Capacity (MW), as of January 2012 48

Companies Mentioned

PCI Energy Services, LLC

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited

Atos Origin S.A

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power

Alstom

Areva NP

GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Inc.

Westinghouse

URS Corporation

Enercon Servi