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First Triton11® Bwr Fuel Assemblies Completed; Approved for Delivery to Tvo

January 21, 2019 by Westinghouse Electric Company

The first eight TRITON11^® fuel assemblies prepared for Finland’s Teollisuuden Voima’s (TVO) Olkiluoto nuclear power plant recently were successfully completed and approved for delivery. TVO representatives witnessed the fuel assembling, final inspection and channeling in Westinghouse’s Västerås, Sweden fuel manufacturing facility. This campaign will be followed by a delivery of 10 TRITON11 fuel assemblies to OKG’s Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden in mid-2019.

#WeAreWestinghouse: Safety & Quality First

January 17, 2019 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: Safety

As we start 2019, we as Westinghouse, like many of you, are taking time to focus on who we are and what we do. While we may be making changes and setting new intentions and goals for the new year our vision and values remain our constant guideposts: we live our values every day, including Safety & Quality First.

Technetium (Tc-99) Report Summary

January 1, 2019 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: Columbia Community

As part of its nuclear fuel production process, the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) uses Uranium (U) feedstock provided by customers in the form of Uranium-Hexafluoride (UF6) or Uranyl-Nitrate (UN). Within the feedstock, the component, Technetium (Tc-99), exists in residual quantities and is a nuclear fission product of uranium. While it occurs naturally in tiny amounts within the Earth's crust, it is primarily human-made and produced during nuclear reactor operations where uranium is irradiated with neutrons.

Final Interim Remedial Investigation Data Summary Report Approved by SCDHEC

December 31, 2018 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: Columbia Community

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) has reviewed and approved the final interim remedial investigation (RI) data summary report related to our Consent Agreement (CA). DHEC and CFFF entered a Consent Agreement to comprehensively evaluate potential environmental impacts from current and historical operations, including an additional assessment of the known effects. The agreement abides by EPA Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability process (CERCLA)

Chain Reaction Contraption Contest

December 26, 2018 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: Outreach

On Friday, December 7, more than 25 high school students, most of whom had gotten up before dawn, descended upon the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to compete in the 2018 Chain Reaction Contraption Contest (CRCC).

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