Westinghouse Electric Company and South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) has signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly participate in global AP1000 plant opportunities. Yoon Young-Joon, CEO of Hyundai E&C said, "The Strategic Cooperation agreement enables Hyundai E&C to have an opportunity to demonstrate our exceptional engineering, procurement and construction capabilities applied to Westinghouse's AP1000 plant. Also, Hyundai’s presence in the green energy sector is expected to grow by jointly participating in the global conventional nuclear power plant projects led by Westinghouse.”

David Durham, President, Westinghouse Energy Systems, said: “We look forward to collaborating with Hyundai E&C, a global EPC leader, on future AP1000 plant projects to jointly help countries achieve their decarbonisation and energy security objectives.".