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Interview: Westinghouse's Dan Lipman on AP1000, AP300 Deployment

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Legacy nuclear vendor Westinghouse is more active than ever in the global nuclear newbuild market as it attempts to lock in sales of its AP1000 large reactor and its AP300 small modular reactor (SMR), both designed with long-established light-water reactor technology. Now owned by two Canadian firms, Brookfield Renewables and uranium miner Cameco, Westinghouse reached a global settlement in January with Korea Electric Power Co. (Kepco) and its subsidiary Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) over a long-standing intellectual property dispute. Now Westinghouse is looking to push planned newbuilds in Eastern Europe — particularly in Poland — across the final investment decision (FID) line and into construction, while still locking in new business in the region and globally. Last week, Westinghouse Energy Systems President Dan Lipman sat down with ʶԳ's Jessica Sondgeroth at Westinghouse's offices in Washington to walk through the company's ownership changes, export ambitions and US deployment strategy. A transcript of their conversation, including several subsequent follow-up questions, is below, edited for clarity and brevity.

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Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Newbuilds, Nuclear, Leadership Interviews
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