The Shaw Group’s nuclear division has been awarded a contract to build two generating units for a Florida power plant. Westinghouse Electric, which is partnering with Shaw on the deal with Progress Energy, says the contract is worth $7.65 billion. Progress plans to build a plant in Levy County, Fla., in the Big Bend area of the Gulf Coast. The first generating unit would be operational in 2016, and the second would go on online in 2017. Progress has started the regulatory process for building the plant and expects a decision from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission by 2012. Shaw would build the AP1000 units at its Lake Charles nuclear construction plant. The company has teamed up with Westinghouse Electric to build nuclear generators across the world, including units in China and South Africa. The partnership also has similar deals for plants in Georgia and South Carolina.
Shaw awarded contract for Florida nuclear plant
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