(Source: Datamonitor)
The Shaw Group has announced that the nuclear division of its Power Group and Westinghouse Electric, its AP1000 consortium partner, have received full notice to proceed from Southern Nuclear, a subsidiary of Southern Company, on the engineering, procurement and construction contract for two Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power units and related facilities.
The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract was previously announced in April 2008. Its undisclosed value will be added to the company's backlog of unfilled orders in the third quarter of fiscal year 2009.
In March 2009, the Georgia Public Service Commission has certified Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power Company to build units 3 and 4 at the existing Vogtle electric generating plant site near Augusta, Georgia.
The plant is also owned by Oglethorpe Power, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and Dalton Utilities. The notice to proceed fully authorizes Shaw to begin EPC services for the plant.
JM Bernhard Jr, chairman, president and CEO of Shaw, said: "This marks a significant milestone not only for Shaw, but for the entire US nuclear industry. We are poised to break ground on one of the first new US nuclear construction projects in more than 30 years, which will offer the world's most advanced reactor technology."
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