The
AP600 plant has benefited from the participation of a diverse blend of experienced talent
in the design process. As a result, the AP600 has turned into a plant with unprecedented
safety margins, a plant that can be quickly constructed, and a plant that is much improved
from an operations and maintenance standpoint.
The Plant Designers
The breadth and depth of
experienced talent that has been brought to bear on the AP600 design has come from
companies listed below. Each company has used their extensive experience in plant design
to make the AP600 a marked improvement over current plants.
Westinghouse Electric Company (Team Leader)
ANSALDO
Avondale Industries
BATAN
BPPT
Bechtel Power Corporation
Burns and Roe Company
Chicago Bridge and Iron
DTN
ENSA
ENUSA
Initec
MK-Ferguson
Southern Company Services
Shanghai Nuclear Energy Research & Design Institute
Tecnatom
UTE
In addition to these companies, many other organizations in the international
community participated in the design of the AP600. See the International
link to view the long list of contributing organizations.
