Completion of Largest Baffle Bolt Campaign in U.S. Nuclear Industry
Categories: Technology Leadership
Strong collaboration and technical expertise resulted in highest production rate ever achieved globally.
Category: Technology Leadership (3)
Drone Inspections: Seeing Outages Through a New Lens
Categories: Technology Leadership
Exciting approach to visual inspections begins to take flight.
You may have seen a neighborhood child flying one around their front yard. Or your realtor may have shown you a video recorded with one for a virtual house tour. Drones are becoming more and more ingrained into our daily lives – even in how our electricity is generated.
Bridging the Digital Gap
Categories: Technology Leadership, Next-Gen Plants
Innovative Technology and Industry Expertise offer a Simplified Path to Plant Modernization
When the world’s first AP1000® plants came online at the Sanmen and Haiyang sites with no major startup issues, it confirmed for the world what we already knew – our instrumentation and control (I&C) solutions bring peace of mind to utilities concerned about their systems’ reliability. But how does this success translate to operating plants across the globe?
Incremental Innovation Aims to Provide Dynamic Customer Value
Categories: Technology Leadership
Reimagined Design Brings a New Perspective to Performance
The Westinghouse Digital Rod Position Indication (DRPI) display system has been the backbone of the DRPI architecture for more than 40 years. But as more utilities begin to seek plant life extension, we recognize the need to revisit our technology and push our innovation boundaries yet again in order to ensure reliable plant operation.
Maintaining a Competitive Advantage Through Modernization
Categories: Technology Leadership
Nuclear power plants are some of the most complex facilities in the world, so it may be surprising to learn that many of them still utilize analog instrumentation and control (I&C) technology. There are several factors at play in the hesitation to upgrade to modern digital systems – heavy regulations, upfront costs and the solid performance of the original I&C equipment. But as more and more plants reach their 50-year milestones and begin to seek license renewals, maintenance and operating costs continue to rise and attracting new personnel with analog experience becomes more of a challenge.
