Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) announced on May 7, 2010 that it had selected the U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) as a result of a competitive process. URS currently is providing licensing support, engineering, and construction planning to MHI and MNES for the U.S.-APWR. MNES is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MHI based in Arlington, VA
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URS Corporation has announced that the Company is part of the team led by Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems Inc. (MNES) whose technology recently was selected for the design of a potential third nuclear power generation unit at Dominion Virginia Power’s North Anna Power Station in central Virginia.
Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion) announced on May 7, 2010 that it had selected the U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor (US-APWR) design developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) as a result of a competitive process. URS currently is providing licensing support, engineering, and construction planning to MHI and MNES for the U.S.-APWR. MNES is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MHI based in Arlington, VA.
Martin M. Koffel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of URS, stated, “We are very pleased to be supporting Mitsubishi and Dominion on the North Anna Unit 3 project. URS is a leading provider of EPC services to the nuclear industry, having engineered or constructed 49 nuclear units around the world, including 24 of the 104 units now operating in the U.S., and extended the life and efficiency of over 100 units through major retrofit projects. We are well positioned for the anticipated renaissance in nuclear power, and we look forward to assisting Dominion and Mitsubishi on this project, if Dominion decides to build the new unit.”
URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; systems engineering and technical assistance; construction and construction management; operations and maintenance; and decommissioning and closure services. URS provides services for power, infrastructure, industrial and commercial, and federal projects and programs. URS Corporation has approximately 42,000 employees in a network of offices in more than 30 countries.
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