NPI Volume 8 Issue 6

Barsebäck Kraft AB picked Westinghouse Electric Co. to dismantle a commercial nuclear power plant in Sweden.

“If engineers do not talk the language of business, they do not deserve to be heard. If top management doesn’t talk the language of risk and criticality – and understand why maintenance can be an investment – they do not deserve to be leaders.” – David McKeown, CEO of the Institute of Asset Management

So far, so good – despite the fact that there are 99 nuclear power plants in operation across 31 states in the U.S., there have been no injuries or fatalities from radiation exposure in the country.

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Clean Power Plan, or CPP, in August 2015, several substantial changes from the proposed rule were immediately evident.

While the rest of the nation toggles between natural gas and renewables, Georgia maintains a strong commitment to building new nuclear.