AERVA NP AREVA HTR Development November 3, 2006 University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada Dr. Finis Southworth

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD33 AREVA NP NGNP Greenhouse Gases will be demanded to decrease Natural Gas and petroleum will not drop in price over the long term, and may significantly increase Natural resource conservation and dependencies will be more important Potable and fresh water sources will experience shortages A nuclear renaissance is expected, but must excel in safety and environmental impact minimization (including HLW disposal) AREVA View of Long Term Drivers for HTR--

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD44 AREVA NP Reactor Technology Early Prototype Reactors Generation I - Shippingport - Dresden, Fermi I - Magnox Commercial Power Reactors Generation II - LWR-PWR, BWR - CANDU - AGR Generation IV Aspire to further improve safety and economics, minimize waste and co-produce hydrogen - PBMR - HTGR - Molten salt Advanced LWRs Generation III - ABWR - System AP600 Gen I Gen IIGen IIIGen III+Gen IV Generation III + Generation III Evolutionary Designs Offering Improved Economics - AP ESBWR - U.S. EPR

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD55 AREVA NP Energy process R&D Biomass collection and pretreatment Hydrocarbon reforming to hydrogen Coal gasification process design

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD66 AREVA NP New energy sources need energy themselves Tar sands in Canada and Venezuela require heat and hydrogen for processing and upgrading… …while oil shale will be thermally processed underground in the American West Coal-to- liquids can replace petroleum in vehicle fuels

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD77 AREVA NP Ethylene and other chemicals warrant attention Heat cracks larger molecules into plastic monomers Ethylene is the largest volume organic chemical. but not the scale of fuel refining. Chemicals are however more valuable. Saudis and other oil producers are entering this market to export more valuable materials

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD88 AREVA NP Society is recognizing other large needs Desalination of ocean or brackish water Control of CO 2 emissions by substituting nuclear for combustion heat AREVA High Temperature Reactors have the potential to offset significant uses of natural gas and other fossil fuels

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD99 AREVA NP REFERENCE (ELECTRIC) PLANT

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD10 AREVA NP REACTOR VESSEL INTERMEDIATE HEAT EXCHANGER (IHX) MODULE FUEL STORAGE AREA REACTOR CAVITY COOLING SYSTEM (RCCS) TANKS HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR (HRSG) GENERATOR L.P. TURBINE CONDENSER H.P./I.P. TURBINE COMPRESSOR GAS TURBINE MAIN TRANSFORMER RCCS HEADERS AND STANDPIPES ISOMETRIC VIEW OF REFERENCE PLANT FUEL TRANSFER TUNNEL SECONDARY GAS ISOLATION VALVES (TYPICAL) SECONDARY GAS BYPASS CONDENSER COOLING WATER

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD11 AREVA NP Condenser Stea m Cycle S.G. AREVA HTR Concept Can Serve a Variety of Process Heat Markets 600 MWt Rx core He IHX Circulato r He or N 2 /He Gas turbine Generator Water/steam Gas Cycle Primary Loop High Temp. Process Heat ~550 to 800C Med. Temp. Process Heat ~250 to 550C Low Temp. Process Heat ~30 to 250C - Oil Shale - Oil Sands -Coal Gasification -Coal Liquefaction -Biomass -Hydrogen-SI or HTE -Hydrogen-SMR - District Heating - Desalination Market Applications

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD12 AREVA NP Alberta Oil Sands Production Outlook

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD13 AREVA NP HTRs in Alberta-Athabasca Basin

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD14 AREVA NP

GALOP, September 27, 2006 Bethesda, MD15 AREVA NP