South Korea Announces $120 Billion Plan For Eight Large-Scale Nuclear Power Plants In US

https://asia.nikkei.com/economy/trade-war/trump-tariffs/south-korea-to-build-8-nuclear-power-plants-in-us-invest-120bn

This is the first time SK is exporting their nuclear power plant to the US: Investment is for six Westinghouse AP1000 reactors and two South Korean APR1400 units. The Westinghouse units are also built by Korean nuclear contract manufacturers such as Doosan Enerbility.

A Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power plant at the Vogtle nuclear station in the US state of Georgia. Courtesy Georgia Power.
South Korea plans to invest $120bn (€106bn) in building eight large-scale‌ nuclear ⁠reactors in the US, including two based on its own APR1400 design and six using Westinghouse AP1000 technology.

The nuclear plans are part of comprehensive implementation plans announced on 1 October for three ​major energy initiatives in the US, advancing a $350bn ‌investment package designed to secure exemptions for South Korea from US import tariffs.

Other plans include a $54bn liquefied natural gas project in Alaska and a 6 GW gas-fired facility in Encinal, Texas, that will supply electricity to co-located data centres.