The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Final Design Approval (FDA) to Westinghouse Electric Company’s AP1000 standard nuclear plant design, clearing the way for the company to begin ...

A coalition of 12 environmental groups put U.S. nuclear energy regulators on the hot seat this week by declaring that the leading design for new reactors is unsafe and appealing to officials to ...

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have approved a nuclear reactor designed by Westinghouse Electric Co. that could power the first nuclear plants built from scratch in this country in more than three ...

The world’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor—Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang province—commenced 100% power operation for the first time on August 11, China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) said. According to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have approved a nuclear reactor designed by Westinghouse Electric Co. that could power the first nuclear plants built from scratch in this country in more than ...

Westinghouse Electric Co. launched the AP300 small modular reactor, a 300-MWe single-loop pressurized water reactor. The design is scaled from the AP1000 reactor and is based on what the company said ...

Regulators have concluded that Westinghouse's AP1000 nuclear reactor design is suitable for construction in the UK. The Office for Nuclear Regulation, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources ...

Expanding two power plants in Georgia and South Carolina with big, new reactors was supposed to spark a "nuclear renaissance" in the U.S. after a generation-long absence of new construction. Instead, ...

Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has extended the design certification for its advanced AP1000(R) large modular reactor to February 2046.

Westinghouse has signed an agreement with Spanish utility Endesa to share information on its AP1000 reactor technology. The move makes Endesa a likely partner for nuclear new build projects in Spain ...

Unit 1 at the Haiyang nuclear power plant in Shandong, China, successfully completed a 168-hour full-power continuous operation test, meeting the requirement for commercial operation, State Power ...

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that Sanmen Unit 2, one of the world’s first AP1000 (R) nuclear power plants, has set a new ...