TVA to restart Beliefonte 1 construction

摘要

US utility Tennessee Valley Authority has authorised the completion of Bellefonte 1, a 1260 MWe B&W PWR near Scottsboro, Alabama, whose construction was halted in 1988. The decision, originally expected to be made several months ago, was deferred because of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. TVA said that the project will cost $4.9 billion; $2 billion of that would include new equipment including steam generators, modern control room and digital instrumentation. The project would use existing site assets with an estimated value of $1.9 billion, including containment, cooling tower and infrastructure. The company said that completing the partially-finished Unit 1 is the preferred option primarily due to lower cost, ability to meet the latest safety requirements, the experience TVA has with managing similar projects and minimizing environmental impacts.