Fiscal year 1958. Fiscal year 1959. (2) Fast Reactor Systems (PRDC) $900, 000 1,250,000 On March 2, 1957, the AEC and Power Reactor Development Co. executed a contract under which the AEC will provide research and development assistance in AEC facilities up to a maximum cost of $4,450,000. The research and development work will consist primarily of consulting services, critical experiments, material irradiations, and fuel development. Fiscal year 1958.. (3) Consumers Public Power District $2,500, 000 6, 000, 000 Early in fiscal year 1958, the Commission and Consumers Public Power District entered into a cost reimbursement contract with a ceiling of $8 million for unusual maintenance and excess fuel cycle costs associated with operation of the sodium graphite reactor plant. The AEC will finance preoperational research and development work which will be performed by Atomics International on a cost reimbursement basis, without ceiling, estimated to cost a maximum of $18,165,000. It is contemplated that this work will consist primarily of component design, engineering development and testing, and nuclear plant design. In addition, AEC will design and contract for the construction of the nuclear portion of the powerplant. These requirements are provided for under the "Plant acquisition and construction" appropriation. Fiscal year 1958. Fiscal year 1959_ (4) City of Piqua, Ohio $200, 000 1, 800, 000 It is expected that a contract will be executed before the end of fiscal year 1958 between the Commission and the City of Piqua, Ohio, which calls for the Atomic Energy Commission to provide research and development assistance and to construct a 12,000 KWE organic moderated and cooled power reactor. The work will be performed in Commission facilities and the preconstruction is currently estimated at $3,500,000. It is planned that this will include work on reactor design and fuel element concepts. Postconstruction operating cost is estimated at $3,318,000. Fiscal year 1958. (5) Chugach Electric Association of Alaska $1,694, 000 2, 000, 000 The Atomic Energy Commission is conducting the research and development work under contract with Nuclear Development Corporation of America at no cost to Chugach Electric Association preliminary to a decision on construction of the reactor. The currently estimated preconstruction cost is $9,880,000. Postconstruction operating cost is estimated at $2.5 million. The decision to' proceed with construction is expected to be made late in fiscal year 1959. Fiscal year 1958. (6) Northern States Power Co. $750,000 2,580, 000 Extensive research and development in such areas as fuel elements, heat transfer, fluid flow, corrosion, components, and irradiation studies are being conducted under the contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and Northern States Power Co. executed on November 22, 1957. The cost reimbursement contract, with a ceiling of $5,500,000 for preconstruction research and development, calls for approximately $5 million to be expended in private facilities and $500,000 in AEC facilities. Postconstruction operating cost is estimated at $500,000. Fiscal year 1958. (7) Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. 0 $5, 400, 000 The proposal provides for AEC assistance in preconstruction research and development designed to yield the further information required to permit a prudent decision concerning the construction of a nuclear powerplant of 70,000 to 150,000 net electrical kilowatts based on a single-region, slurry-type, aqueous homogeneous reactor. The scope of the work with a maximum cost to the AEC of $7 million, covers the nuclear, chemical, and mechanical aspects of this reactor system. It is expected that a contract will be executed early in fiscal year 1959 between the Commission and Pennsylvania Power & Light covering this work. Fiscal year 1958. (8) Carolina-Virginia Nuclear Power Associates $1,000,000 The proposal calls for the AEC to provide preconstruction research and development assistance on a cost reimbursement basis up to a ceiling of $10,145,000. Principal areas of research include fuel element development, in-pile experiments, component development, plant system development, safety analysis and critical experiments. It is expected that a contract will be executed before the end of fiscal year 1958, between the Commission and the Carolina-Virginia Nuclear Power Associates covering this work. Post construction operating cost is estimated at $3,760,000. (9) East Central and Florida West Coast Nuclear Power Groups Fiscal year 1958.. Fiscal year 1959. 0 $1, 000, 000 Under the proposal, the AEC will provide preconstruction research and development assistance to a maximum of $8,646,000. The principal areas of development include pressure tubes, fuel elements and physics studies. It is expected that a contract will be executed early in fiscal year 1959 covering this work. Postconstruction operating cost is estimated at $3 million. The following tables indicate in detail various features of the reactors being built under the cooperative arrangements program as well as the funding for each project. Power reactor demonstration program |