Framatome ANP Joins Development of Next Generation Nuclear Reactors for the Reinvigorated U.S. Nuclear Power Plant Development

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Framatome ANP Incorporated United States (Lynchburg, Virginia) is joining the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited - CANDU (AECL) (Mississauga, Ontario), Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (Barberton, Ohio), and Westinghouse Electric Company (Windsor, Connecticut) in the race to build the next generation of nuclear reactors, known as generation III+ and IV nuclear reactors.

Here in the U.S., there are three sites in the early stages of permitting for the construction of new nuclear units. The sites are: System Energy Resources LLC's Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Mississippi, Exelon Generating Company LLC's Clinton Nuclear Station in Clinton, Illinois, and Dominion Nuclear's North Anna Nuclear Station in Mineral, Virginia.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is requiring that a Generation III+ or IV reactor be used in the building of any new nuclear unit. Those companies developing Generation III+ or IV nuclear reactors will be required to have their design licensed by the NRC before the final permits can be issued.

Framatome ANP is developing the Evolutionary Pressurized Reactor (EPR). ACEL is developing the Advance CANDU Reactor (ACR). Babcox & Wilcox has been working on the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR). Westinghouse, the first to get its design approved, has two models of the Advance Pressurized Reactors (APR) AP600 for 500-megawatt (MW) range plants and AP1000 for 1,000 MW range plants.

Framatome ANP Incorporated United States, with U.S. headquarters in Lynchburg, Virginia, is a subsidiary of Framatome Advanced Nuclear Power, Paris, France, which is a joint venture between AREVA (ARVCF.PK), of Paris, France, and Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) of Munich, Germany.

Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (Barberton, Ohio) is a subsidiary of McDermott International Incorporated (NYSE:MDR), New Orleans, Louisiana.

Westinghouse Electric Company, Windsor, Connecticut, is a subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels PLC (BFNL) of Warrington, England.

System Energy Resources LLC is a joint venture between Entergy Nuclear of Jackson, Mississippi, a division of Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR ) of New Orleans, Louisiana, 90%, and South Mississippi Electric Power Association, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 10%.

Dominion Nuclear North Anna Nuclear LLC, Mineral, Virginia, is a subsidiary of Dominion (NYSE:D )of Richmond, Virginia.

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