The Shaw Group announced Wednesday it will provide maintenance and other services to the Wolf Creek nuclear plant under a new three-year contract.
Shaw would not disclose the value of the contract but indicated it will be included in the backlog of unfilled orders for its plant services segment in the third quarter.
“Our resume of nuclear maintenance work has prepared us to help Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation advance their goals of producing safe, reliable, cost-competitive electricity,” Ron McCall, president of Shaw’s plant services division, said in a release. “Operating a single-unit nuclear power plant can present unique challenges, and we are confident that Shaw’s experience serving other single-unit plants will benefit Wolf Creek and their customers.”
The plant near Burlington, Kan., 90 miles southwest of Kansas City is run by Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corp. for three Midwestern utilities: Great Plains Energy’s Kansas City Power and Light, Westar Energy’s Kansas Gas and Electric, and the Kansas Electric Power Cooperative. According to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, it generates 1,166 megawatts using a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor first licensed in 1985.