Westinghouse Electric Co. and Blue Castle Holdings signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a two-unit AP1000 nuclear power plant at the Green River site in Utah.

The companies signed a definitive agreement to jointly develop a scope of activities for the Blue Castle Project, including licensing and permitting, design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, nuclear fuel and operation and maintenance of the plant. About 2,500 jobs are expected to be created during construction, with 1,000 full-time positions during the plant’s 60-year operating life.

Westinghouse has eight AP1000 reactors currently under construction in Georgia, South Carolina and China, and shareholder agreements signed for the development of AP1000 plants at the Moorside site in the United Kingdom and the Kozloduy site in Bulgaria.

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