The AP1000® design certification has been extended by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to February 2046. The AP1000 plant is the only fully licensed, construction-ready advanced large modular ...

Three new reactors are planned for the Moorside site next to Europe's biggest nuclear complex at Sellafield, writes Peter Roche, with a combined capacity of 3.8GW. But a new report for Radiation Free ...

Reaching a major milestone, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Thursday granted a final Design Certification Amendment to Westinghouse’s AP1000 pressurized water reactor design, paving the way ...

Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor design hit several milestones in recent months, prompting speculation that it could take the coveted lead in the charge to deploy the world’s third-generation nuclear ...

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has granted Final Design Approval (FDA) to Westinghouse Electric Company’s AP1000 standard nuclear plant design, clearing the way for the company to begin ...

A coalition of 12 environmental groups put U.S. nuclear energy regulators on the hot seat this week by declaring that the leading design for new reactors is unsafe and appealing to officials to ...

Westinghouse has opened a full-sized replica of a control room at a new AP1000 Training Academy in Spain as the company ...

Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted the Design Certification Amendment application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its AP1000 reactor design. Additionally, the NRC has issued ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators have approved a nuclear reactor designed by Westinghouse Electric Co. that could power the first nuclear plants built from scratch in this country in more than ...

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators have approved a nuclear reactor designed by Westinghouse Electric Co. that could power the first nuclear plants built from scratch in this country in more than three ...

CAYCE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (NYSE:SCG), has received notification from Westinghouse Electric Company that the ...