A Diverse and Experienced Design Team

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.