GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, advanced reactors and nuclear services provider, today said it will develop nuclear plants in India in collaboration with engineering and construction company Larsen & Toubro.
– By Stephen Heiser –
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a nuclear power plant development agreement with Larsen & Toubro, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy said in a statement.
Under the agreement, GEH and L&T will plan for the construction and engineering management resources that will be needed to build the proposed Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) for nuclear power station, it said.
GEH will serve as the technology provider of certain ABWR nuclear island equipment and components, as well as related engineering and technical advisory services.
"The agreement with L&T is an important step in gearing up to meet the country's power needs through nuclear energy," GE Energy (India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh) CEO Kishore Jayaraman said. GEH is in discussions with NPCIL for selecting the site to set up the potential multi-unit ABWR plant.
In March 2009, GEH announced an ABWR development agreement with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL), India’s only nuclear utility, operating 17 reactors.