Westinghouse wants to build ten AP1000 reactors in the US, and the binding constraint is in the supply chain rather than the license.
Heavy components are one of the tightest links, because few plants in the world can fabricate a reactor vessel, and the wait runs into years.
In March, it turned its Italian subsidiary, Mangiarotti, into Westinghouse Electric Italy, a nuclear hub of around 300 people building the vessels, steam generators, and pressurizers for the fleet.
The Monfalcone plant runs milling centers with 600-tonne turntables and a cold rolling mill that handles nuclear-grade plate up to 250 mm thick, with direct port access for shipping the finished components.
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