ABWR delivery deal
Toshiba’s US subsidiary, America Nuclear Energy, has secured a contract with STP Nuclear Operating Company for the delivery of two advanced boiling-water reactor nuclear power plants.
’s US subsidiary, America Nuclear Energy, has secured a contract with STP Nuclear Operating Company (
) for the delivery of two advanced boiling-water reactor (ABWR) nuclear power plants.
The agreement will see America Nuclear Energy deliver the US’s first ABWRs to the South Texas Project (STP) units three and four in Texas.
Each plant will have a 1,400MW capacity. Operation at units three and four is expected to begin in 2016 and 2017, respectively.
Yasuharu Igarashi, president and chief executive of Toshiba’s Power Systems Company, said: ‘We are very pleased to take our involvement in the STP units three and four projects to the next level. We look forward to working closely with STPNOC through our US subsidiary, and to establishing the ABWR as a key power-generation option in the US.’
The STP currently consists of two reactors owned by US utilities CPS Energy, NRG Energy and Austin Energy. Toshiba was selected as prime contractor for the project in March 2008.
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