Westinghouse announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with NPCIL agreeing to negotiate an early works agreement (EWA) for the construction of up to six AP1000 units at the Mithi Virdi site in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Westinghouse said that the MoU “represents significant progress toward the realization of the India-US Civil Nuclear Agreement signed in 2008.”
Gary Urquhart, vice president and managing director of Westinghouse India, said the agreement would “allow Westinghouse and NPCIL to continue the work necessary for keeping the Mithi Virdi project moving forward.”
