Westinghouse plans to build 10 large nuclear reactors in U.S., interim CEO tells Trump

Westinghouse plans to physique 10 ample atomic reactors successful the U.S. with operation to statesman by 2030, interim CEO Dan Sumner told President Donald Trump astatine a roundtable successful Pittsburgh connected Tuesday.

Westinghouse's large AP1000 reactor generates capable energy to powerfulness much than 750,000 homes, according to the company. Building 10 of these reactors would thrust $75 cardinal of economical worth crossed the U.S. and $6 cardinal successful Pennsylvania, Sumner said.

The Westinghouse enforcement laid retired the program to Trump during a league connected vigor and artificial quality astatine Carnegie Mellon University. Technology, vigor and fiscal executives announced much than $90 billion of concern successful information centers and powerfulness infrastructure astatine the conference, according to the bureau of Sen. Dave McCormick, who organized the event.

Trump issued four enforcement orders successful May that purpose to quadruple atomic powerfulness successful the U.S. by 2050. The president called for the U.S. to person 10 atomic plants nether operation by 2050. He ordered a "wholesale revision" of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's rules and guidelines.

The U.S. has built lone two caller atomic reactors implicit the past 30 years, some of which were Westinghouse AP1000s astatine Plant Vogtle successful Waynesboro, Georgia. The task notoriously came successful $18 cardinal implicit fund and 7 years down schedule, contributing to the bankruptcy of Westinghouse.

The manufacture stalwart emerged from bankruptcy successful 2018 and america present owned by Canadian uranium miner Cameco and Brookfield Asset Management.

Westinghouse announced a partnership with Google connected Tuesday to usage AI tools to marque the operation of AP1000s an "efficient, repeatable process," according to the company.