Shaw Joins Westinghouse in Supporting Duke Power Licensing Process for Two New Nuclear Power Units

Shaw Stone & Webster Nuclear Services unit will partner with Westinghouse Electric Company to provide engineering support for Duke Energy's combined construction and operating license (COL) application for two Westinghouse Advanced Passive 1000 (AP 1000) reactors. The COL application is a part of Duke Power's long-term power generation planning process, and will allow Duke Power to keep new nuclear generation as an option for meeting its customers' future energy needs. The construction site for the reactors has not yet been selected by Duke Power.

J. M. Bernhard, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shaw, said, "Shaw is extremely pleased to join Westinghouse in supporting the COL process for our long-term and highly-valued client, Duke Power. Shaw and Westinghouse are already working together, along with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, in a proposal to provide complete engineering, procurement, and construction services, including the installation of Westinghouse's AP 1000 reactor technology, for four generating units in China. Duke Power has long been regarded as an industry leader in providing environmentally sound and cost effective power solutions to their customers. This significant project joins the combined forces of the nuclear industry's two leading technology and engineering organisations with the vision of Duke Power, one of the nation's premier and most respected power companies."

Shaw is currently engaged in a comprehensive air emissions reduction program for Duke Power's coal powered generating plants, with construction of flue gas desulphurization units or "scrubbers" in progress at Duke Power's Marshall Steam Station and its Belews Creek Steam Station. The program also includes scrubbers planned for the Cliffside Steam Station and Allen Steam Station.

As reported earlier this year, Shaw has joined Westinghouse Electric Company and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the AP 1000 Consortium in a proposal to provide comprehensive design, engineering, procurement, and construction services for four nuclear generating plants utilizing AP 1000 reactor technology to be built in China. Shaw and Westinghouse have a long history of working together on many nuclear projects including Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the first commercial nuclear reactor in the United States.

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Posted 20/10/05

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