GE, Westinghouse Reactors Get NRC Review Priority

General Electric Co. and Westinghouse Electric Co.’s reactors will get priority in a review of power-plant licenses, and projects may be approved this year, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said.

GE’s Advanced Boiling Water Reactor and Westinghouse’s AP 1000 designs are the agency’s “primary focus” because the power companies that plan to use the units are being considered for Energy Department loan guarantees, Jaczko said today at a news conference in Washington.