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EXIM Powers American Nuclear Exports to Poland, Supporting U.S. Jobs and Energy Dominance

Export-Import Bank of the United States – Jan. 30, 2026: Washington, D.C. – On January 29, 2026, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) signed a credit agreement with Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) at EXIM headquarters, marking a major step forward in developing Poland's first nuclear power plant in Lubiatowo-Kopalino with American technology and expertise.

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Nuclear Expansion Strategy: Westinghouse Enlists Dozens of Suppliers for Capitol Hill Push

Pittsburgh Business Times – April 6, 2026: Westinghouse Electric recently met with its current supplier base and set up more than 100 meetings with members of Congress from all over the United States, extolling the virtues of the AP1000 nuclear reactor that are the only fully approved and operating modular nuclear reactors. There are six reactors operating, including two at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle.

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Can Germany Restart Its Nuclear Power Program? A Peek Inside a Decommissioned Reactor Suggests It Could

Politico – April 11, 2026: Tarik Choho, chief commercial officer of the American nuclear company Westinghouse, is optimistic that Germany’s nuclear exit could be reversed. His firm is supplying the reactor technology for Poland’s nuclear energy effort. In Germany, meanwhile, it is involved in decommissioning.

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AP1000 Training Centre Opened in Madrid Ahead of European Fleet

World Nuclear News – Feb. 17, 2026: Westinghouse has opened a full-sized replica of a control room at a new AP1000 Training Academy in Spain as the company prepares for the construction of 14 or more units across Europe in the coming years.

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Westinghouse And Google Join Forces On AI To Speed Up Nuclear Construction

NucNet – Nov. 24, 2025: US-based Westinghouse has announced a partnership with Google Cloud to develop a custom AI-powered platform using specialised models that help optimise and accelerate the construction of nuclear power plants.

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US Government and Westinghouse Strike $80bn Nuclear Reactor Deal

Financial Times – Oct. 28, 2025: Agreement that uses funding from Japan is part of Donald Trump’s push to quadruple country’s nuclear capacity by 2050.

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Brookfield CEO on $80B Nuclear Deal with U.S. Government

CNBC – Oct. 29, 2025: Bruce Flatt, Brookfield CEO, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss the company’s latest nuclear deal with the U.S. government.

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U.S. Government Pledges $80 Billion to Westinghouse to Build Nuclear Reactors

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Oct. 28, 2025: Westinghouse Electric Co., the Cranberry-based nuclear firm jointly owned by two Canadian companies, Cameco and Brookfield, announced Tuesday an $80 billion commitment from the U.S. government to build new nuclear reactors in the United States.

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Trump Administration Backs Plan for New Nuclear Plants

New York Times – Oct. 28, 2025: The federal government announced that it would back an effort to build several Westinghouse nuclear reactors, but offered few details.

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Pittsburgh Region’s Nuclear Industry Preps for an AI-driven Renaissance

Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Oct. 19, 2025: Cranberry-based Westinghouse Electric Co. says it’s on the verge of announcing contracts for 10 AP1000 reactors, the company’s latest generation large units with a capacity of about 1 gigawatt each.

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