[에너지신문] 22 February 2016 - US power utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has invited stakeholders to express their views on a potential sale of the Bellefonte nuclear project in Alabama (United States).

The Bellefonte site includes two pressurized water reactors, whose construction was suspended in 1988 (around 55% complete). In 2007, TVA submitted a combined construction and operation licence (COL) application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for two new AP1000 units, Bellefonte 3 and 4, before requesting the NRC to reinstate the construction permits for units 1 and 2 and to defer the COL application for units 3 and 4. Construction permits for the first two units were reinstated in 2009 and TVA announced plans to complete the first reactor in 2011 (estimated cost of US$4.9bn, revised US$7.5-8.7bn in late 2014).

TVA, which is already building the Watts Bar 2 nuclear power plant, aims to commission this project in 2016, before resuming works at Bellefonte, which is not included in TVA's 2015 integrated resource plan. The project is unlikely to be continued and may be offered for sale to the "highest qualified bidder" through a public auction with an established minimum price.

-http://www.enerdata.net/enerdatauk/press-and-publication/energy-news-001/tva-considers-selling-bellefonte-nuclear-project-united-states_36194.html

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