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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.

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.

Cable Aging Management Services

Categories: General Topics

Nuclear reactors and facilities worldwide are aging. Westinghouse can help utilities and asset owners develop cable aging management programs to monitor cable health and to plan for cable replacement for lifetime extension.

Steam Generator Services

January 26, 2015 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: General Topics

Since the company’s inception in 1886, innovation has been a cornerstone of Westinghouse Electric Company. It’s no surprise, then, that Westinghouse was the first vendor to bring revolutionary steam generator technologies, such as suitcase eddy current, alternate repair criteria, sleeving, auto analysis and soft chemical cleaning, to market. For more than 40 years, Westinghouse has served the industry with a complete range of solutions for steam generator inspection, service and maintenance.