The US is losing the nuclear energy export race to China and Russia.

Marlin · Mar 22, 2019, 11:51

The US is losing the nuclear energy export race to China and Russia. Here's the Trump team's plan to turn the tide

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/21/trump-aims-to-beat-china-and-russia-in-nuclear-energy-export-race.html

TVA · Mar 23, 2019, 09:19

This article is stupid.
You cannot lose a race you are not running in

SloGlo · Mar 23, 2019, 06:52

ware did the u.s. gist off this racetrack? we got in the race with the rushin companies in the 50s. we got inn two trading n letting tech thefts buy the chinese in the 70s. we mite half quit running reel hard post t.m.i., butt we bin on track four a lawn time.

TVA · Mar 23, 2019, 09:34

Name me who is running?
GE and Toshiba both dropped out

Marlin · Mar 23, 2019, 10:01

Quote from: TVA on Mar 23, 2019, 09:34
Name me who is running?
GE and Toshiba both dropped out

All-clear for six US nuclear-power reactors in coastal Andhra Pradesh
Written by Anil Sasi |New Delhi |Updated: March 15, 2019 7:05:55 am

With the United States and India agreeing to set up six American nuclear power reactors in India, the decks have been cleared for Westinghouse Electric (WEC), which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last August, to initiate the sale of six AP-1000 reactors for a proposed project in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/all-clear-for-6-us-nuclear-power-reactors-in-coastal-andhra-5627233/

hamsamich · Mar 24, 2019, 02:50

Doesn't a Canadian company own Westinghouse?....kinda like the U.S. though...

Marlin · Mar 24, 2019, 11:24

Quote from: hamsamich on Mar 24, 2019, 02:50
Doesn't a Canadian company own Westinghouse?....kinda like the U.S. though...

It's a little fuzzy as they are traded in Toronto and New York but Wikipedia describes it as an American Company (capital A North America?). The agreement to build six US reactors is between the US and India. Westinghouse facilities are here in the US for the most part. Sometimes hard to untangle these international companies but the guts of Westinghouse is here in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Company

Mounder · Mar 24, 2019, 12:11

Isn't Babcock & Wilcox still in the reactor game? https://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear-power-plants/w/nuclear_power_plants/babcock-wilcox-mpower-reactor

hamsamich · Mar 24, 2019, 12:40

Yeah that sounds right I pretty much call them American....or Canadian/American. hard to find large companies that are affiliated with just one country anymore.

Al Eidson · Mar 24, 2019, 01:20

Why can't Westinghouse complete the mess at V.C. Summer? Their bankruptcy played into the failure there, even though SCANNA was ultimately responsible.

Marlin · Mar 24, 2019, 01:28

Quote from: Al Eidson on Mar 24, 2019, 01:20
Why can't Westinghouse complete the mess at V.C. Summer? Their bankruptcy played into the failure there, even though SCANNA was ultimately responsible.

They seem to be back seat drivers at this point.

Construction of Vogtle units 3 and 4 began in 2013 and the AP1000 units - the first new nuclear units to be built in the USA in over 30 years - are scheduled to enter service in November 2021 and November 2022. Following reactor vendor Westinghouse's March 2017 bankruptcy filing, the owners decided to continue with the project, with work proceeding under the project management of Southern Nuclear. Daily construction is managed by Bechtel.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Perry-Vogtle-project-is-critically-important