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by Debra Fiakas Saudi Arabia plans to build 17.8 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2032, requiring about sixteen reactors.  It is an ambitious plan and one that could have a significant impact on the nuclear power construction industry.  Now the Saudi government is moving forward with a bidding process with nuclear power plant construction companies.  Bids are expected before the end of 2018 and signing of contracts will be sometime in 2019. Our review of possible bidders began with Toshiba’s (6502:  Tokyo) Westinghouse Electric Company and Russia’s Rosatom Group.  The last two posts, “Saudi Arabia Goes Nuclear” on January 16th and “Answering Saudi Arabia Request...