Two companies (Westinghouse and SNC-Lavalin/Candu Energy Inc.) could build new Darlington reactors

Two companies (Westinghouse and SNC-Lavalin/Candu Energy Inc.) could build new Darlington reactors: http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1382924--two-companies-could-build-new-darlington-reactors ..."Ontario Power Generation has signed service agreements with two companies to design a pair of reactors next to the Darlington nuclear station.
Energy Minister Chris Bentley said during a speech to about 250 people at a Durham Strategic Energy Alliance breakfast meeting in Ajax Tuesday the agreements are a "very important step."
OPG signed the agreements with Westinghouse and SNC-Lavalin/Candu Energy Inc. last week.
Each company will spend the next year developing detailed construction plans, schedules and the cost for two reactors next to Darlington.
Ontario has been planning to build up to four reactors next to Darlington. Several years ago, then provincial cabinet minister George Smitherman shelved plans when four companies submitted bids the government felt were too expensive.
The government's long-term energy plan calls for the generation of 2,000 megawatts of new nuclear power.
The designs are for an enhanced Candu 6 reactor by Candu Energy, a unit of SNC-Lavalin, and the AP 1000 reactor by Westinghouse."