Bechtel was selected by Georgia Power to complete construction of the two-reactor expansion of a nuclear power plant near Augusta, Georgia.

Plant Vogtle Units 3 & 4 will be the first new units built in the U.S. in the last three decades and are currently the only new units being built in the country.

Read "Vogtle Units to Move Forward, Georgia Power Says."

Bechtel will assume responsibility for a broad range of activities, including day-to-day construction through completion of the project under the management of Southern Nuclear, the Southern Company subsidiary that operates the existing two units at Plant Vogtle.

The new reactors will be the first in the industry to use the Westinghouse AP1000 advanced pressurized water reactor technology. This technology allows nuclear cores to be cooled even in the absence of operator interventions or mechanical assistance.