Nuclear Powerplant Contractors Under Pressure at Two Project Sites
The future of new nuclear plant construction in the United States hinges upon the performance of The Shaw Group and partner Westinghouse Electric as they build the first new U.S. nuclear reactors in more than 20 years, speakers at the Nuclear Energy Insider Nuclear Construction Summit agreed at the event on Oct. 26 in Charlotte, N.C.
“Clarence and his team are make-or- break. If the team at Vogtle stumbles and falls, it is all over for us,” Bob Coward, principal at Alexandria, Va.-engineering firm MPR Inc., said of keynote speaker and CEO Clarence Ray Jr. and his Shaw Power Group team.