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• Texas nuclear renaissance moves ahead with the lure of loan guarantees

  NRG makes peace with CPS President Obama's announcement ( videos ) Feb 16 of an $8.3 billion loan guarantee for twin Westinghouse 1,150 MW AP1000 reactors at Southern's Vogtle site in Georgia has snapped heads to attention in Texas. Obama also said he would ask Congress for an additional $36 billion in loan guarantee authority as part of his FY2011 budget. There were two immediate effects.... Posted Feb 22 2010, 11:46 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, NRG Energy, South Texas Project, AP1000, NRG, stp, cps energy, agreement, cps

• Obama supports two Georgia reactors

  He approves $8.3 billion in the first federal loan guarantees for nuclear energy President Barack Obama finally came out in support of nuclear energy after a year of apparent indifference. This past week he approved $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees for two new Westinghouse AP1000 1,150 MW nuclear reactors at Southern's Vogtle site. In doing so he also extended a hand across the partisan... Posted Feb 22 2010, 08:43 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: loan guarantees, nuclear, AP1000, obama, support, obama administration

• Westinghouse gets a scare from NRC

  Halloween comes early for the AP1000 Westinghouse engineers are burning the midnight oil in Pittsburgh this week, and it’s not because they are filling trick-of-treat goodie bags.  The reason is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ( NRC ) threw a scare into the company and with it set teeth on edge at five U.S. power utilities and two provinces in China. What happened is that the NRC appears to... Posted Oct 18 2009, 12:12 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: China, Westinghouse, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Toshiba, NRC, AP1000, shaw group, design

• Progress puts the juice in Florida's nuclear future

  Utility inks a $7.65 billion EPC deal for twin AP1000s Progress Energy ( NYSE:PGN ) has entered into an engineering,  procurement and construction contract with Westinghouse for two 1,105 MW AP1000 nuclear reactors to be built on 5,100 acres in Levy County , FL,  130 miles west of Orlando. Once approved and built, the project will be among the first nuclear plants in the country to be constructed... Posted Jan 10 2009, 01:09 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AP1000, Progress Energy, EPC, Levy County

• Westinghouse on a roll

  Firm signs its second U.S. EPC contract for two AP1000s  Westinghouse signed its second Engineering & Procurement Contract (EPC) in six weeks inking a $9.8 billion deal for two 1,117 MWe AP1000 reactors to be built in at the V C Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina.  The first plant is expected to come online in 2016 and the second in 2019.  It is only the second time since 1978... Posted Jun 01 2008, 12:24 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Westinghouse, AP1000, VC Summer, Engineering & Procurement Contract

• Progress Energy files for two new reactors

  Green groups say more efficient toaster ovens will solve energy demand issues Progress Energy said this week it is planning a new nuclear power plant in North Carolina. Environmental groups responded immediately saying they would oppose the new plant. Progress Energy ( NYSE: PGN ) announced that it will file a combined operating license (COL) application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC... Posted Feb 20 2008, 07:27 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: AP1000, Progress Energy, energy efficiency

• Westinghouse faces competition for reactor business

  The nuclear giant in Pittsburgh says its nothing they can't handle The Pittsburgh Tribune reports that while Westinghouse was first in to the Chinese nuclear market, it now faces competition there and in the U.S. from French state-owned Areva. However, a Westinghouse spokesman told the newspaper the competition is expected and the firm plans to earn a significant share of the new nuclear energy... Posted Jan 27 2008, 12:26 AM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Westinghouse, AP1000

• Georgia Power extends negotiations on AP1000 costs

  Utility wants better contract terms to control construction costs The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Georgia Power is digging in its heels over the cost and schedule of two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors for its Vogtle plant . The plants have a planned start-up date of 2016. A key point of contention between Georgia Power and Westinghouse is what kinds of benchmarks will be used... Posted Jan 19 2008, 04:44 PM by Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes Filed under: Westinghouse, AP1000, Vogtle, Georgia Power