Westinghouse Nuclear, which took over as primary contractor of four U.S. nuclear reactors from contractor CB&I earlier this month, will face tighter cost controls, increased liability and more transparency for the projects, according to a settlement agreement filed on Jan. 21 with the Georgia Public Service Commission.
Westinghouse and CB&I were jointly building two 1,100-MW AP1000 reactors at Georgia Power’s Vogtle plant and two AP1000 reactors at SCANA/Santee Cooper’s V.C. Summer plant in South Carolina.