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Westinghouse is under contract to construct two new reactors at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia.
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US utility to decide fate of Westinghouse reactors in August

Southern CEO weighs national security interests against costs, delays

HIROYUKI KOTAKE, Nikkei Washington bureau chief | Japan

WASHINGTON -- U.S. utility Southern will decide next month whether to continue to construct a pair of reactors ordered from Westinghouse Electric, the now-bankrupt nuclear unit of Japan's Toshiba.

Southern CEO Tom Fanning

Completing the reactors "is really central to [America's] national security interests," Southern CEO Tom Fanning told The Nikkei in an exclusive interview. He cited competition from Russia and China's global nuclear power activities.

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