Japan’s Westinghouse signs deal to build 2 US nuclear reactors

The Westinghouse Electric Company, a US subsidiary of Japanese firm Toshiba Corporation, said Tuesday it had signed a deal to build two nuclear power reactors in the US state of South Carolina.

Westinghouse said it had signed the nuclear plant deal with South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) and Santee Cooper, a South Carolina state-owned electric and water utility. It did not disclose the financial value of the deal.
Interest in nuclear power has been revived in some US states as global crude oil prices have soared to record peaks. Oil prices struck record heights above 135 dollars a barrel last Thursday.



If approved, the deal would provide for Westinghouse to construct two AP1000 nuclear power units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Jenkinsville, South Carolina.



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