Nuclear reactors to take just'four years' to build

摘要

The boss of nuclear reactor firm Westinghouse has said it will only take four years to build each of its proposed three reactors in Cumbria, writes Vern Pitt. This month the firm's parent company Toshiba took a 60% stake in the nuclear development project NuGen in Cumbria, with Westinghouse installed as reactor supplier as well as taking charge of the construction process. Last week Danny Roderick, president and chief executive of Westinghouse, said the firm would take just four years to build its first reactor, after it takes a final investment decision in 2018, and have it up and running by 2024 following a further two years of commissioning.