Nuclear Energy: Generation for the Future

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Nuclear Energy Generation for the Future

• Charles Turk
• Leader, RD/ University Partnerships
• Entergy Nuclear Operations

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Evidence of Climate Change
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What has happened over time?
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Temperature Change
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
-0.2
2000
1900
1800
-0.4
1700
1600
-0.6
1500
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Fossil Fuels
1300
1200
YEARS
Land Use Change
1100
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Source Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC)
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The stakes are high
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Our world needs more energy
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Our world is fragile
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A Time for Leadership
Without a sound investment in our energy
infrastructure, the rest of our economy hangs in
the balance. The U.S. electric industry
represents only three to four percent of the
gross domestic product. But the other 96 to 97
percent of our 14-trillion-a-year economy
depends completely on that three or four percent.
Future generations face a future of radical
change either in the way we produce energy or
in their standard of living.
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Generation Sources FUEL DIVERSITY to
Meet Demand

1. Coal
2. Gas
3. Solar and Wind
4. Hydro
5. Nuclear

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Generation Sources NUCLEAR to Meet
Demand
Clean BaseloadSafe And now the other three
Spent fuel Cost of new build Public perception
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A great time to act
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The waste issue
All the used fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear
power industry in 40 years of operation about
40,000 metric tons would, if stacked end to
end, cover an area the size of a football field
about 10 yards deep.
Used Fuel Is Manageable
Reprocessing would reduce waste to about one end
zone
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People want nuclear plants in their backyards
Communities around existing nuclear plants would
like to have another one
Residents within 10 miles of each nuclear
plant Do you favor or oppose the use of
nuclear energy as one of the ways to provide
electricity in the United States?
Several states are offering millions in
incentives to build new nuclear energy plants
adjacent to existing plants in their states
Bisconti Research Inc., Nuclear Energy Institute
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Nuclear Power A GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVE
Total units world wide 436 New being built
55Planned 136Proposed 277Example China
is building 15 currently starting
18 next year and have 80 proposed
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Entergy Nuclear and Entergy
Who is Entergy Nuclear?
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Entergy The Power of People

• A Fortune 500 company with revenues of more than
  11 billion
• Employs approximately 14,500 people
• Owns/operates power plants with approximately
  30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity
• The second-largest nuclear generator in the
  United States
• Delivers electricity to 2.7 million utility
  customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and
  Texas
• Operates a system composed of more than 15,500
  miles of high-voltage transmission lines and
  1,550 transmission substations

We have demonstrated that it is possible to
deliver consistently superior shareholder
returns, preserve our environment and contribute
to a higher quality of life around us. J. Wayne
Leonard, Chairman and CEO, Entergy Corp.NYSE
Magazine, 1st Quarter 2008
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Where tofind us
James A. FitzPatrick
Vermont Yankee
Pilgrim
Palisades
Indian Point Energy Center
Arkansas Nuclear One units 1 2
Grand Gulf
River Bend
Entergy Nuclear and Entergy Nuclear Business
Development are headquartered in Jackson, Miss...

Waterford 3
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Nuclear Power Looking FORWARD
85 of Americans are in favor of
license
renewals 72 of Americans perceive nuclear
as safe

• Power uprates
• License renewals
• New nuclear

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Winning the War
2007 Climate Protection Award
Environment
May 1, 2007

• Corporate Award Winner
• Leader in committing publicly to reduce
  greenhouse gas emissions
• Recognized for
• Environmental Initiatives Fund investing in
  projects to reduce CO2 emissions
• Purchase of carbon emissions reduction credits
  generated from landfill and coal mine methane
  recovery projects
• Active promotion of efforts on climate change
  through reporting and involvement
• Meeting voluntary commitments to reduce GHG
  emissions and setting new goals

Leadership, Innovation, and Commitment in the
Protection of the Environment
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Environmental Risk
Third Year in a Row
Only U.S. Utility Named to Worldwide Index
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• Best in Class for comprehensive carbon
  disclosure practices
• One of only four North American Electric Power
  Companies listed
• Recognized as an industry leader for voluntary
  commitments to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions
• Only North American Electric Power Company
  showing declining emissions trend

• Areas Best in Class in World Rank
• Corporate Governance
• Climate Strategy
• Talent Attraction/Retention
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Occupational Health and Safety

Top percentile
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Americas Most Trustworthy
Business
Only Electric Utility Named to List

• 200 accounting and governance metrics used to
  select companies
• List drawn from 8,000 public companies
• 100 companies showing highest degree of
  accounting transparency and fair dealing to
  stakeholders during 2006 named to list
• Particularly significant is Entergys top-five
  rating among the listed large cap companies

The Good Bookkeepers
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Questions
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