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28 August 2006 -- Westinghouse Electric Co., based in Pittsburgh, Pa., has signed contracts valued in excess of $300 million to provide components, instrumentation and control equipment, Man-Machine Interface Systems, and technical and engineering support services for two new nuclear power plants to be built in the Republic of Korea.
The Westinghouse contracts are with DOOSAN Heavy Industries and Construction Company, Ltd., and the Korea Power Engineering Co., Inc. The two Advanced Pressurized Reactor 1400 (APR 1400) plants—Shin Kori 3 & 4—will be owned and operated by the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company (KHNP), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corp. The role of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company on the new projects is overall project management of licensing, procurement and construction, as well as start-up and plant operations.
The scope of work to be performed by Westinghouse includes supplying reactor coolant pumps and motors, reactor vessel internals and control element drive mechanisms; advanced instrumentation and control systems; Man-Machine Interfacing Systems; technical support services; and engineering support services. The contracts will provide work at a number of Westinghouse locations in the U.S., including: - Windsor, Connecticut--project management and engineering
- Newington, New Hampshire--component manufacturing
- Monroeville, Pennsylvania--engineering and equipment manufacture
The two plants will be located near Pusan Metropolitan City. Work will begin almost immediately and will run to 2014.
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