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| McDermott subsidiary introduces scalable, practical nuclear energy Houston-based McDermott International, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company ("B&W"), intends to develop and deploy a North American-manufactured, scalable nuclear reactor relying upon more than 50 years of its continuous reactor engineering and manufacturing. The B&W mPower reactor design is a passively safe Advanced Light Water Reactor ("ALWR") with a below-ground containment structure. This optimized ALWR will represent Generation III++ nuclear technology that B&W believes can be certified, manufactured and operated within today's existing U.S. regulatory, industrial supply chain and utility operational infrastructure. B&W has formed a new business unit, B&W Modular Nuclear Energy, LLC, to lead the development, licensing and delivery of B&W mPower reactor projects. write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Construction News :: home page |