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By The Numbers: Westinghouse Completes Successful Fall 2020 Outage Season

January 4, 2021 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: Our People & History

Our customers know that they can depend on Westinghouse to help reduce outage duration and costs. Our outage and maintenance experts are your field services partners in enabling a safe and efficient return to plant operations.

Completion of Largest Baffle Bolt Campaign in U.S. Nuclear Industry

January 4, 2021 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: Technology & Innovation

Strong collaboration and technical expertise resulted in highest production rate ever achieved globally.

#WeAreWestinghouse: ANS 2019 and the Value of Nuclear

July 30, 2019 by Chris Cresfeld

Categories: General Topics

In early June, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel session at the American Nuclear Society’s (ANS) 2019 Annual Meeting. This year’s theme was on The Value of Nuclear and the panel I participated in was dedicated to rejuvenating nuclear technology infrastructure and facilities.

First Triton11® Fuel Assemblies Delivered

February 27, 2019 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: Nuclear Fuel

The Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) recently received the first eight TRITON11® fuel assemblies at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant. Last week the receipt inspection was successfully completed, and the assemblies are planned to be loaded in the core of the second unit during the upcoming outage.

Fueling the Future: How Westinghouse is Delivering What Matters

February 19, 2019 by Ken Canavan and Michele DeWitt

Categories: Nuclear Fuel

As industry needs evolve, nuclear fuel providers are being called upon to deliver more without compromising safety or reliability. Utilities continue to require robust leak-free fuel performance but now seek increased severe accident tolerance utilizing high-performance materials while realizing the lowest fuel cycle costs possible. Numerous accident tolerant fuel (ATF) designs aim to meet these challenges, but Westinghouse is looking to exceed them and invent a truly amazing, advanced fuel technology.