Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Ameren Missouri and other publicly owned utilities in the state have agreed to support Westinghouse Electric Co. in its attempt to secure federal funds for nuclear technology that could result in new construction at the utility’s power plant in mid-Missouri. Westinghouse is applying to the Department of Energy for up to $452 million to invest in small modular reactors, […]
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric Co. are teaming up to seek more than $450 million in federal money to license and develop small-scale, next generation nuclear reactors at the Callaway plant site outside of Fulton. Gov. Jay Nixon joined executives from the companies as well as other Missouri utility officials and state officials for the […]
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric Co. are teaming up to seek more than $450 million in federal money to license and develop small-scale, next generation nuclear reactors at the Callaway plant site outside of Fulton. Gov. Jay Nixon joined executives from the companies as well as other Missouri utility officials and state officials for the […]
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
The editorial “The nuclear guy” (April 15) misses some important points. Even with recent rate increases, the utility has electric rates 30 percent below the national average. As a regulated utility, we are not talking about the free market. Just as costs can be recovered from ratepayers, any income the company makes is restricted to […]
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
A pair of energy companies with long Jefferson City ties have offered new hope for Missouri’s proponents of nuclear energy. Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric announced last week a bid for federal energy funds to build small nuclear reactors. Westinghouse would use the funds to support the engineering, design certification and operating licensure of small […]
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
Barry Hart, CEO of the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, joined Gov. Jay Nixon and representatives from Ameren Missouri and Westinghouse Electric Company to announce an agreement with Westinghouse to exclusively support the company’s application for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Small Modular Reactors (SMR) investment funds of up to $452 million. The investment funding, […]
