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July 26, 2013

Westinghouse and Vitkovice Take First Concrete Steps Towards Building Czech AP1000 Reactors
Prague, Czech Republic (SPX) Jul 26, 2013
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has contracted with Vitkovice Power Engineering a.s., a member of the Czech Vitkovice Machinery Group, to construct a mock-up of one of the AP1000 nuclear power plant's critical modules in preparation for the potential construction of Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic. This important and significant demonstration project will have Vitkovice Power Engineering manufacturing sub-module 05, a cutaway section of the larger ... read more

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