Japan's Toshiba Corp. has teamed up with US power giant General Electric Co. (GE) in an effort to win a nuclear power plant deal in the United States, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said Sunday.
A consortium led by the two firms has filed with the US Department of Energy for permission to conduct a feasibility study for construction of advanced nuclear reactors, the business daily said.
Among other members of the consortium are the Tennessee Valley Authority, major contractor Bechtel Corp., enriched uranium fuel supplier USEC Inc. and Global Nuclear Fuel Americas LLC, a joint venture by GE, Toshiba and Hitachi Ltd.