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The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) announced today that the Nuclear
Division of its Power Group and Westinghouse Electric Company, its
AP1000 consortium partner, have been awarded an engineering, procurement
and construction (EPC) contract by Progress Energy Florida Inc., a
subsidiary of Progress Energy (NYSE: PGN) for two Westinghouse AP1000™
nuclear units the utility plans to build at an undeveloped site in Levy
County, Fla. The AP1000 units each have an electric generating capacity
of 1,100 megawatts.
“The decision by Progress Energy to proceed with an EPC contract is
further proof that electric utilities support a nuclear renaissance that
will provide ratepayers with safe, reliable and carbon-free generation
of baseload electricity,” said J.M. Bernhard Jr., Shaw's chairman,
president and chief executive officer.
“This project is particularly important because it will enable Progress
Energy to fulfill its commitment to retire older fossil-fired units in
Florida and replace that generating capacity with environmentally
friendly electricity produced by the world’s most advanced nuclear
technology that will be supplied by two companies that have been leaders
in the commercial nuclear power industry since its inception in the
1950s,” Mr. Bernhard said.
The value of Shaw’s contract is undisclosed.
In July, Progress Energy cleared its first regulatory hurdle when the
Florida Public Service Commission unanimously approved Progress Energy’s
“Determination of Need” petition. A decision on Progress Energy’s second
regulatory filing, a Site Certification Application submitted to the
Florida Department of Environmental Protection in June, is expected in
2009. Finally, a decision by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on
the utility’s combined Construction and Operating License application is
expected by early 2012.
The first AP1000 unit at Levy County is expected to be operational in
2016, pending the client obtaining the appropriate regulatory approvals.
The second unit would begin commercial operation a year later.
Portions of the AP1000 units will be assembled at a 600,000-square-foot
module assembly fabrication that Shaw previously announced it will build
in Lake Charles, La. The facility, which is being constructed on a
300-acre site at the Port of Lake Charles, will primarily produce
structural, piping and equipment modules for AP1000 nuclear power plants.
Shaw and Westinghouse currently are providing engineering, design,
procurement and project management services for the nuclear island for
four AP1000 units in China, and at least 14 new AP1000 units – including
Levy County – are being planned by U.S. electric utilities, according to
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Six of these units are now under
contract. Shaw and Westinghouse have a long history in the nuclear
industry that dates back to the design and construction of America’s
first commercial nuclear power plant at Shippingport, Penn.
The Shaw Group Inc. is a leading global provider of technology,
engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance, fabrication,
manufacturing, consulting, remediation and facilities management
services for government and private sector clients in the energy,
chemicals, environmental, infrastructure and emergency response markets.
A Fortune 500 company with fiscal year 2008 annual revenues of $7
billion, Shaw is headquartered in Baton Rouge, La., and employs
approximately 26,000 people at its offices and operations in North
America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific
region. Shaw is the power sector industry leader according to
Engineering News-Record's list of Top 500 Design Firms. For further
information, please visit Shaw's Web site at www.shawgrp.com.
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