Westinghouse narrows field in search for nuclear engineering center

ByRod Adams

Westinghouse is searching for a site where it can locate a facility capable of housing 1000 nuclear engineering and support people. Eventually, Westinghouse plans to expand the facility to house as many as 2000 people.

The list of potential locations has just been narrowed to sites in western Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. According to a report in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Business Briefs titled Westinghouse Narrows List, Connecticut has been cut as an option.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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