Deep in the Nuclear Heart of Texas

I'm thinkin' this may be the first real order for a completely new nuke in the USA since the days of the WPPSS (aka "Whoops!") bond debacle. [Time Article] [Buy the Bond!]

U.S. Electric Utility TXU Corp. Order 2 Nuclear Reactors From Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industry - AP - 14 Mar 07

"Mitsubishi Heavy will provide two US-APWRs, its new pressurized water reactor with 1,700 megawatt-hours of generation capacity each, for TXU's nuclear power plant in the suburbs of Dallas, the Japanese manufacturer said in a statement.  It's the first time a Japanese company has received an order from abroad for a nuclear power reactor made in Japan, said MHI spokesman Kengo Tatsukawa.

Tatsukawa said the company could not disclose the amount of the deal because of "confidentiality rule" with the client.  The Nikkei business newspaper said the combined value is estimated at 600 billion yen ($5.17 billion)."

Deep in the Nuclear Heart of Texas

I'm thinkin' this may be the first real order for a completely new nuke in the USA since the days of the WPPSS (aka "Whoops!") bond debacle. [Time Article] [Buy the Bond!]

U.S. Electric Utility TXU Corp. Order 2 Nuclear Reactors From Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industry - AP - 14 Mar 07

"Mitsubishi Heavy will provide two US-APWRs, its new pressurized water reactor with 1,700 megawatt-hours of generation capacity each, for TXU's nuclear power plant in the suburbs of Dallas, the Japanese manufacturer said in a statement.  It's the first time a Japanese company has received an order from abroad for a nuclear power reactor made in Japan, said MHI spokesman Kengo Tatsukawa.

Tatsukawa said the company could not disclose the amount of the deal because of "confidentiality rule" with the client.  The Nikkei business newspaper said the combined value is estimated at 600 billion yen ($5.17 billion)."