CLIENT INSIGHTInterview with David Durham, President, Energy Systems, andMike Sweeney, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer,at Westinghouse“Westinghouse is a full-service provider ofnuclear technologies, fuels and services,” saysDavid Durham, President, Energy Systemsat Westinghouse, when asked to sum up hiscompany’s position in the nuclear industry.“For countries or regions that need largebaseload sources of electricity, our AP1000is the safest reactor in the world. It is alsothe most efficient operating reactor inthe world, as we have seen with our fouroperating plants in China. They are settingperformance records for the entire Chinesefleet and, in some cases, for the global fleet.”Faced with the intermittent nature ofrenewable sources of energy, countriesaround the world are increasinglyacknowledging that they will need a low-cost,stable supply of electricity if they are to haveany hope of achieving their net zero targets. Inthat context, and for other reasons,24Some of the opportunitiesthat we have, particularlyin the new build area,are going to need aliability regime to beimplemented.as David explains, nuclear power becomes avery attractive option.“We are seeing strong interest in the AP1000from central and eastern Europe, in particular,but also south-east Asia,” he says. “At thesame time, we are completing our two units inthe US at Vogtle and the first of those shouldbe operational this year.
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