Georgia Power Moves Closer To Ordering New Reactors In The Us

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Georgia Power moved closer to becoming the first company to order new reactors in the US with its April 8 announcement that it has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Westinghouse Electric Co. and The Shaw Group for two AP1000s at the Vogtle site.rnWestinghouse noted that the EPC contract is the first announced in the US in 30 years. Shaw, a 20% owner of Westinghouse, called it a "landmark event" for the company. The contractrnterms and conditions are confidential, but the expected cost of the project will be released later, Georgia Power said.