Duke Cancels Levy Nuclear Project after Delaying Harris Nuclear Project

SUGAR LAND--August 5, 2013--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) (Charlotte, North Carolina) last week cancelled the proposed $24 billion grassroot Levy County Nuclear Power Station in Florida. Duke also began a process to terminate the project's engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Westinghouse (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) and Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (NYSE:CBI) (Chicago, Illinois).

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