Westinghouse pursuing US nuclear expansion with 10 large reactors after Trump orders: report
Nuclear equipment supplier Westinghouse is in talks with US officials and industry partners about deploying 10 large reactors, in response to presidential executive orders, the Financial Times reported on Sunday, citing the company's CEO.
President Trump's executive orders, which were published on May 23, directed the government to cut down on regulations and fast-track licenses for reactors and power plants to shrink a multiyear process to 18 months.
A Westinghouse 16.5 megawatt generator sits in unit 4 at PG&E Corp.'s Drum Power House in Alta, California, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 23, 2010.
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President Donald Trump arrives at Hagerstown Regional Airport, in Hagerstown, Md., on his way to Camp David, Md., Sunday, June 8, 2025.
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Dan Sumner, Westinghouse interim chief executive, told the FT that the company was 'uniquely positioned' to deliver the president's agenda because it had an approved reactor design, a viable supply chain and recent experience of building two of its AP1000 reactors in Georgia.
'There is active engagement with the administration, including key points of interface with the loan programs office, recognizing the importance of financing to the deployment of the model,' he told the FT.
Westinghouse did not immediately respond to requests for comment outside regular business hours.
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