American nuclear safety regulators have approved an amendment to the AP1000 reactor design, in a major step towards US deployment of the model. Construction on new reactors could begin very soon. The ...

GSE Systems is to model the central nuclear systems of the AP1000 pressurized water reactor. These code modules will be common to all American AP1000s, GSE said, and would help Westinghouse to ...

First Westinghouse AP1000 Plant Sanmen 1 Begins Synchronization to Electrical Grid Sanmen 1 starts generating electricity June 30, 2018 09:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time ...

Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the signing of a contract with Slovenia’s state-owned power company GEN energija to conduct a Technical ...

STOCKHOLM, September 10, 2024--Westinghouse Electric Company and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company have signed a teaming agreement to pursue AP1000® technology opportunities in Sweden ...

The AP1000 plant design is enhanced by its modular one-design model, allowing best practices to be incorporated into each site, which improves delivery performance and consistency in construction.

Some day over the next two weeks, the power plant will start loading more than 100 fuel assemblies into the honeycomb core of its AP1000 reactor with a pair of robotic arms, people at the site said.