美国西屋公司在发展压水堆方面是历史悠久、经验丰富的公司之一。他们最近与日本三菱公司合作共同研究一种先进型压水堆(简称APWR)。研究成功之后,首先在日本建造这种堆型。该堆的设计研究工作将于1984年完成,1986年进行验证试验。假使这种设计概念能被接受,西屋公司准备在90年代中期或更晚一段时期内对所有 The American Westinghouse Company is one of the long-established and experienced companies in the development of pressurized water reactors. They recently cooperated with Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation to jointly research an advanced pressurized water reactor (APWR). After the success of the study, it was first built in Japan. The design research work of the reactor will be completed in 1984 and the verification test will be conducted in 1986. If this design concept can be accepted, Westinghouse plans to have all of it in the mid-1990s or later.