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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.

Strong History Lays Solid Foundation for Plant’s Future

December 17, 2015 by Jim Cook

Categories: Our People & History

Imagine producing enough high-quality nuclear fuel tubing to encircle the Earth more than three-and-a-quarter times. Imagine generations of families working for the same company, and even in the same facility. Imagine 20 percent of the current plant population having a family member who worked at the facility. For the employees of the Westinghouse plant in Blairsville, Pennsylvania (USA), these contributions to the nuclear industry and the world are a reality.

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.

Main Control Room Declared Operational at Haiyang Unit 1

June 8, 2015 by Jeff Lamb

Categories: AP1000

I’m proud to announce that the AP1000® plant main control room (MCR) for Haiyang Unit 1 was recently declared operational by China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation and Shandong Nuclear Power Company Ltd.