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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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Bechtel Will Perform The Engineering Study For A US Battery Anode Factory

March 5, 2023 admin batteries, bechtel, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Energy Storage, engineering, ev battery materials, ev manufacturing, green economy, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 21:07:28 +0000

If the true goal of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was to bring manufacturing back to the US, you can hardly argue with its results. Almost every week, there’s news of carmakers and electronics firms investing millions — if not billions — into new US supply chain manufacturing, with even more on the way. […]

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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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NuScale, Last Energy Make Significant Insteps for SMRs in Poland

September 13, 2022 admin AP1000, bechtel, Business, energy security, full coverage, International, last energy, news, Nuclear, NuScale, Poland, Research and Development, smrs, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:35:23 +0000

NuScale has signed a first task order and a statement of commencement with Polish mining and processing firm KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., kicking off early work for a VOYGR nuclear power plant of up to 924 MWe that the partners could deploy as early as 2029 to support KGHM’s copper and silver production in Poland. […]

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Interest in DOE’s Versatile Test Reactor Heats Up

January 23, 2020 admin battelle, bea, bechtel, Business, DOE, ge hitachi, inl, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Technology, terrapower, versatile test reactor, vtr

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:35:21 +0000

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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and TerraPower are jointly pursuing an opportunity to design and build the U.S. Department of Energy’s Versatile Test Reactor (VTR), an experimental fast neutron nuclear reactor that could start up by 2026. The companies on Jan. 21 announced they collaborated on a response to an expression of interest (EOI) issued […]

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Plagued by Grim Challenges, Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Lags Behind Schedule, Says Oversight Consultant

December 6, 2018 admin bechtel, Business, construction oversight, costs, cpt, delays, Georgia Power, georgia psc, labor shortages, Legal & Regulatory, news, Nuclear, nuclear construction, Plant Design, Southern Co., southern nuclear, Technology, Vogtle, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:36:55 +0000

The two-unit Vogtle expansion in Georgia faces major challenges that are poised to derail its schedule and ramp up costs—and the project is already behind schedule, a consulting firm tasked with construction oversight of the project told regulators. In revealing testimony filed with the Georgia Public Service Commission’s (PSC’s) public interest advocacy staff on November […]

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Technology Selected for DOE’s Versatile Test Reactor Program

November 19, 2018 admin advanced reactor, bechtel, Business, DOE, ge hitachi nuclear energy, geh, idaho national laboratory, news, Nuclear, Plant Design, Research and Development, Technology, versatile test reactor, vtr

Battelle Energy Alliance—the management and operating contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory (INL)—selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GEH’s) PRISM technology to support the U.S. Department of Energy’s Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) program. The VTR program is expected to accelerate the development of fuels and materials for U.S. advanced reactors, utilizing fast neutron spectrum technology. Rather […]

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