Search narrows for builder of 3rd North Anna reactor

Dominion Resources Inc. has winnowed down the number of potential builders for its proposed third nuclear reactor at its North Anna power station in Louisa County.

“We are narrowing down the list,” said Dominion spokesman Chet Wade, “and we expect to make a decision in the next two quarters.”
Six companies, which Dominion would not identify, bid on the proposed 1,500-megawatt North Anna 3 power plant.
“We have not decided on whether to move forward with the project,” Wade said, noting that the State Corporation Commission would have to approve the plant’s construction.

North Anna’s existing reactors generate a combined 1,800 megawatts of electricity. The company also operates nuclear plants in Surry County and in Connecticut and Wisconsin.
Dominion Resources filed an application to construct the third North Anna reactor with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in November 2007.