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Westinghouse Names Stephane Cai Executive Vice President, Growth and Transformation

Cranberry Township, PA, October 21, 2019 – Westinghouse Electric Company (“Westinghouse”) announced that Stephane Cai has been named Executive Vice President, Growth and Transformation, effective today.

Westinghouse Partners With Industrial Leaders to Reduce Costs and Lead-times on SMR Manufacturing

SPRINGFIELDS, England, Oct. 12, 2016 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it is continuing to work with the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) on an additional advanced manufacturing study to explore potential design efficiencies to reduce significantly the build lead-times of the Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR). These efficiencies can provide important reductions in costs to customers while promoting growth in manufacturing within the UK, an important part of Westinghouse’s SMR program.

Westinghouse Signs Agreement to Acquire Rolls-royce Civil Nuclear Systems and Services Business

Cranberry Township, PA, September 26, 2019 – Today, Westinghouse Electric Company signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rolls-Royce’s Civil Nuclear Systems and Services business in North America, expanding Westinghouse’s global capabilities in digital, engineering services, plant automation and monitoring systems, field services and manufacturing.

Nuclear Industry Leaders, CEA, EDF and Westinghouse Electric Company to Explore Cooperation on a Small Modular Reactor

VIENNA, September 17, 2019 - During the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, CEA, EDF and Westinghouse Electric Company signed a framework agreement to explore potential cooperation on small modular reactor (SMR) development. Worldwide demand for low carbon- electricity generation in the 300-400 MWe range is an important market segment that the parties strongly believe their unparalleled experience in nuclear fuel and reactor design, and operation can address.

Westinghouse’s Encore Fuel Inserted in Exelon Generation’s Byron Unit 2

Cranberry Township, PA, September 5, 2019 – Westinghouse Electric Company and Exelon Generation Company have successfully completed a first-of-a-kind installation of EnCore Fuel, Westinghouse’s accident-tolerant fuel solution, at Exelon’s Byron Unit 2 nuclear power plant. The advanced nuclear fuel was installed during the plant’s scheduled spring refueling outage.