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• B&W to supply Davis-Besse steam generators

  Babcock & Wilcox announced on 5 December that it had been awarded a contract by FirstEnergy for the design, fabrication and delivery of two replacement steam generators for its Davis-Besse nuclear power plant in Ohio. The work will be performed by Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd in Cambridge, Ontario. Delivery of the steam generators is scheduled for 2013. The financial details of the contract were not disclosed. The announcement comes a week after Babcock & Wilcox announced that its commercial nuclear generation operations have been consolidated under Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Group (B&W NPG). In August, Babcock & Wilcox won a contract from Bruce Power to engineer and manufacture eight Candu designed replacement steam generators for unit 3 of the Bruce A plant in Ontario. Posted Dec 06 2007, 08:30 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Babcok & Wilcox (B&W), Davis-Besse

• Babcock & Wilcox restructures operations

  The Babcock & Wilcox Companies of the USA announced on 27 November that it has changed its name to The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) and has reorganized its operations into four groups, including the newly-formed nuclear power subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation Group Inc. The new subsidiary will offer design engineering, manufacturing, field service and construction services worldwide. John Fees, CEO of B&W, said, "Moving forward, we will be better able to leverage our product and service offerings, particularly in the expanding nuclear power sector, and to pool our vast resources to play a major role in this growing market." B&W has also renamed its other major operating units: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc (B&W PGG); Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group Inc (B&W TSG); and Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group Inc (B&W NOG). Posted Nov 28 2007, 10:49 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Babcok & Wilcox (B&W)