# NRC Updates Westinghouse AP1000 Reactor Design Certification

By Riza Dagoc

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/32072
Published: 2026-10-14T21:00:14.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-14T21:00:14.000Z
Section: Regulation

> The Oct. 14 update is intended to ease construction by reducing duplicate regulatory reviews.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission updated Westinghouse’s AP1000 reactor design certification Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, in a move intended to make plants using the design easier to build by reducing duplicate regulatory reviews.

The update applies to the AP1000 design certification.