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• Luis Reyes, Regional Administrator for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Commenting on AP1000 Shield Design Concerns

  During the Nuclear Construction Summit being held at the Dupont Hotel in Washington, DC on October 26 and 27, I had the opportunity to listen to a talk by Luis Reyes, the Regional Administrator for NRC region II in Atlanta, GA. Under the current organization, Mr. Reyes has overall responsibility for all nuclear construction activity oversight. He gave a good talk about the way that the organization... Posted Oct 27 2009, 04:43 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: AP1000, shield design

• Unintended Consequences - Redesign for Aircraft Impact Rule Calls AP1000 Shield Design Into Question

  One of the lessons that should have been learned during the first nuclear age was that rule changes aimed at solving a new "issue" can have unintended consequences in another area of plant design. The example I remember was the issue of emergency core cooling systems where regulators determined that the rate of flow from the engineered cooling systems was insufficient. They required plant... Posted Oct 17 2009, 03:37 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: AP1000, Westinghouse, Shaw Group

• Eskom Says Large PWR Project is "Too Big" - Does That Mean a Revised Focus On Pebble Beds?

  On Friday, December 5, 2008, Eskom, the giant South African utility, announced its decision to halt the bidding on a previously announced, 2 or 3 unit nuclear power station. The remaining bidders in the project were Toshiba's Westinghouse division with a proposal for a 3-unit AP-1000 based station and Areva with a 2-unit EPR based station. Both of the bidders must have been disappointed in the... Posted Dec 07 2008, 03:58 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: new nuclear plants, South Africa, Eskom, AP1000, Westinghouse

• China breaks ground on world's first Westinghouse AP1000

  Chinaview.cn published a story on February 26, 2008 titled China starts excavation for world's first 3rd-generation nuclear plant . The plant is the first of four reactors whose order was initially announced in December, 2006 . At the time, Steve Tritch, who was serving as Westinghouse president described the Chinese position during the negotiations as "very demanding". Based on the way... Posted Feb 27 2008, 02:11 AM by Atomic Insights Blog Filed under: AP1000, China, Westinghouse