Westinghouse and HOCHTIEF Infrastructure GmbH, a German-based engineering company, announced late last week that they had entered into Teaming Agreement to offer integrated decommissioning, decontamination and remediation services for nuclear power plants in Germany. Following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, Germany decided to shut down all of its nuclear plants in an effort to avoid any future accidents. Eight nuclear reactors were permanently shut down in March 2011, and 17 are planned to be phased out by 2022. According to Westinghouse, HOCHTIEF’s civil engineering experience and interim storage expertise made the partnership attractive. “This teaming agreement will bring together an excellent combination of safe, reliable and proven decommissioning, decontamination and remediation services, as well as a broad experience from the civil and construction sector that ultimately will contribute to our customer’s success,” Norbert Haspel, Westinghouse vice president and managing director, Central Europe, said in a statement.