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The Art of Innovation: Advanced Logic System (ALS) Platform

February 19, 2016 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: General Topics

Taking Action to Keep a Nuclear Plant Safe

Like the human brain, which carefully monitors your body and takes the appropriate action to keep you safe, the Advanced Logic System (ALS) platform monitors the key parameters of the plant and take action to shut it down if the plant is going beyond safe operating limits.

The Art of Innovation: Optimized ZIRLO Cladding

January 27, 2016 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: General Topics

ZIRLO® material is an advanced zirconium-based alloy that has high corrosion resistance to reactor coolant, fuel and fission products. This means that tubing made with ZIRLO can tolerate longer reactor cycle lengths at higher temperatures without reducing a power plant’s operating margins.

Energy and Climate: Together We Can Build a Sustainable and Low-carbon Future

December 1, 2015 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Our planet faces an immense climate challenge. Study after study from global experts demonstrate a stark reality. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I has concluded that human activity and greenhouse gas emissions are – with 95 percent certainty – the dominant cause of present climate change activity.

Put Our BWR OEM Experience To Work For You

September 10, 2015 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: General Topics

You’ve trusted Westinghouse technology, engineering and services for your pressurized water reactors for decades, but did you know that Westinghouse and Toshiba have a combined 40 years of boiling water reactor (BWR) innovation and success? With 139 total nuclear operating units, Toshiba and Westinghouse represent the world’s largest nuclear operations experience base, and we are the origional equipment manufacturer (OEM) for 28 BWR plants globally.