Shaw provide the maintenance of nuclear services at nine power stations to 11 nuclear units
– By Abby Gessner –
The Shaw Group Inc. announced today that their Maintenance Division of their Power Group has renewed its preexisting contract with Entergy Nuclear, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, to provide the maintenance of nuclear services at nine power stations to 11 nuclear units. Entergy is the second biggest operator of nuclear power plants in the United States.
Shaw’s scope of work includes routine maintenance/modifications, refueling outage services as well as capital construction. The value of Shaw's contract of six-years, which will be included in the company's 2009 third quarter fiscal year backlog of unfilled orders, has not been disclosed.
"Our partnership with Entergy has evolved through our simultaneous pursuit of safety and performance," Ron McCall, President of Shaw's Maintenance Division said, "Our renewed contract serving Entergy’s nuclear operations demonstrates our commitment to pro-active strategic planning and response."
Shaw provides system-wide modification and maintenance services to approximately 35 percent of the U.S. nuclear reactors, including the country's two largest nuclear fleets. Shaw is also one of the leaders in nuclear refueling outage performance providing significantly shorter outages than the industry average.
Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company involved primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy operates and owns power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity. It is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy provides electricity to 2.7 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Entergy's annual revenues are more than $13 billion and employs approximately 14,700 employees.
The Shaw Group Inc. is one of the leading global providers of technology, engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication, maintenance, manufacturing, consulting, remediation and facilities management services for government and private sector clients in the energy, environmental, chemicals, infrastructure and emergency response markets.
A Fortune 500 company with a fiscal year of 2008 annual revenues worth $7 billion, Shaw's headquarters are in Baton Rouge, La., and employs approximately 26,000 people at its offices and operations in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. Shaw is the leader in the power sector industry according to Engineering News-Record's list of Top 500 Design Firms. For more information, please visit Shaw's Web site at www.shawgrp.com.