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Nuclear Industry Giants Collaborate on European Projects While Japan Expands Partnership with U.S. Reactor Designer

November 6, 2023 admin AP1000, bechtel, Business, full coverage, International, Japan, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Plant Design, power, reactor, terrapower, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2023 13:45:14 +0000

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel have together proposed a deal to supply the Czech Republic with as many as four AP1000 nuclear reactors. The proposal aims to construct one or […]

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Major Engineering Services Contract Launches Poland’s First Nuclear Power Project

September 27, 2023 admin AP1000, bechtel, Business, energy infrastructure, energy security, engineering, engineering services contract, environmental conditions, full coverage, international cooperation, Legislative, Markets, news, Nuclear, nuclear expansion, nuclear power plant, nuclear technology, Poland, regulatory progress, Safety, technical specifications, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 22:32:21 +0000

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), Poland’s designated entity tasked with developing the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, has signed an engineering services contract with a Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium, allowing site-specific work […]

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Westinghouse, Fortum to Study Possibilities for AP1000, AP300 Nuclear Reactors in Finland and Sweden

June 8, 2023 admin AP1000, ap300, Finland, fortum, power, Sweden, uniper, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:56:38 +0000

Westinghouse Electric and Finnish utility Fortum will cooperate to explore developing and deploying AP1000 and AP300 reactor projects in Finland and Sweden. The companies on June 7 signed memoranda of […]

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Westinghouse, Bechtel Form Consortium to Design and Build Poland’s First Nuclear Plant

May 25, 2023 admin AP1000, Business, news, Nuclear, Poland, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 20:25:54 +0000

Westinghouse Electric Co., Bechtel, and state-owned Polish entity Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) will work together to kick off design activity for Poland’s inaugural AP1000 nuclear power plant later this year […]

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Westinghouse Unveils the AP300—A Miniaturized AP1000 Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

May 11, 2023 admin AP1000, ap300, ap600, Construction, costs, DOE, engineering, evinci, full coverage, lcoe, lfr, Markets, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear markets, nuclear reactors, Plant Design, Power Demand, Research and Development, smr, supply chains, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 17:31:07 +0000

Westinghouse has officially unveiled the AP300, a “downsized” version of the company’s flagship AP1000 Generation III+ pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology. While the small modular reactor (SMR) will enter a nuclear market […]

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Vogtle 3 Reaches Initial Criticality, Marking Pivotal Nuclear Startup Milestone

March 6, 2023 admin AP1000, Business, full coverage, Georgia Power, news, Nuclear, Southern Co., Technology, timeline, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 23:59:35 +0000

Vogtle 3, one of two 1,117-MW Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors Southern Nuclear Operating Co. is building in Georgia, has reached initial criticality. The event marks a pivotal milestone for the Generation III+ pressurized water reactor (PWR)—the first of its kind built in the U.S. “Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence […]

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Poland Moves Forward With Country’s First Nuclear Power Plant

February 22, 2023 admin AP1000, apr1400, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Poland, South korea, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:32:21 +0000

Westinghouse and Poland’s Polskie Elektrownie Jadrowe (PEJ) have finalized a contract for pre-design work on what would be that country’s first nuclear power plant (NPP). The agreement announced Feb. 22 moves forward a project that began late last year when Westinghouse was selected by the Polish government to build a nuclear plant using AP1000 reactor […]

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Three Nuclear Giants Will Vie for Czech Republic’s Dukovany Expansion

December 2, 2022 admin AP1000, apr1400, bechtel, Business, climate change, Czech Republic, dukovany, EDF, EPR, full coverage, International, khnp, Markets, Nuclear, Technology, temelin, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:49:02 +0000

Competition for a new unit of up to 1.2 GW at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany nuclear power plant site has stepped up, with France’s EDF, South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and a Westinghouse-Bechtel team submitting initial bids, Czech utility ČEZ, said on Nov. 30. Elektrárna Dukovany II, a. s. (EDU II), a […]

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Potential Deal Brewing for Second Polish Nuclear Plant Based on South Korean Technology

November 2, 2022 admin AP1000, apr1400, Business, engineering, full coverage, International, Markets, news, Nuclear, PG&E, Plant Design, Poland, South korea, Technology, Westinghouse, ze pak

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:38:56 +0000

Days after Poland chose Westinghouse to supply its AP1000 technology to the country’s first nuclear plant in Pomerania, northern Poland, the government and two Polish energy firms signed a letter of intent with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) to “push ahead” with development of a second nuclear plant based on APR1400 technology in Pątnów, […]

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Poland Picks Westinghouse to Build Country’s First Nuclear Reactors

October 30, 2022 admin AP1000, International, news, Nuclear, Poland, reactor, United States, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2022 16:00:21 +0000

Poland continues to move forward with its plan to deploy nuclear power, choosing Westinghouse Electric Co. to build the country’s first large-scale nuclear power plant. The decision, announced late Oct. 28 by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, is seen as a move by Poland to strengthen its relationship with the U.S. and continue moving the […]

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