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Westinghouse Awarded ARPA-E Funding to Accelerate PowerBlock™ Nuclear Fuel Technology

ARPA-E HORNIG Program supports continued development of advanced fuel designs and manufacturing approaches

Cranberry Township, PA, October 29, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for funding through the High-performance Optimized Recycled Nuclear Isotopes for Gen IV reactors (HORNIG) program to support the continued development of PowerBlock™, an advanced nuclear fuel technology. The project will draw on Westinghouse’s nuclear fuel and manufacturing expertise to further advance the technology’s development.

Westinghouse Awarded Front-End Engineering and Design Study in Slovakia

Study Will Advance AP1000® Engineering, Licensing and Project Planning for Jaslovské Bohunice Site

Cranberry Township, PA, - October 28, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company has launched a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study, funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Foundational Infrastructure for Responsible Use of Small Modular Reactor Technology (FIRST) Program, for one advanced AP1000® modular reactor at Jaslovské Bohunice Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia. The work is being conducted for Jadrová energetická spoločnosť Slovenska (JESS), a wholly owned subsidiary of state-owned Jadrová a vyraďovacia spoločnosť (JAVYS), which is responsible for developing Slovakia’s new nuclear plant.

Westinghouse Announces Landmark Expansion in South Carolina to Advance Next-Generation Nuclear Fuel

Approximately $1 billion Investment to Boost LEU+ Fuel Production

Richland County, S.C., October 21, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced an approximately $1 billion investment to construct one of the most advanced nuclear fuel factories in the United States at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, S.C. This plant, which is the first fleet-scale nuclear fuel factory built in the United States in more than 50 years, is expected to lead the way in commercial scale Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+) fuel production. Construction on the new LEU+ Fuel factory is underway and on track to begin operations in 2030. LEU+ Fuel manufacturing at Columbia is expected to enable the effective long-term operation of today’s nuclear fleet and support the industrialization of AP1000® reactors worldwide.

Westinghouse Places Conditional Purchase Orders with Polish Suppliers for First AP1000® Unit at Lubiatowo-Kopalino

Milestone Orders Demonstrate Commitment to Using Local Suppliers for Poland’s First Nuclear Power Plant and Highlight Polish Capabilities in Delivering Safety-Related Modules

Warsaw, Poland – October 13, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company has placed conditional purchase orders with Energomontaż-Północ Gdynia S.A. (EPG), FAMAK S.A., Mostostal Kielce S.A. and Mostostal Krakow S.A. to support the first AP1000® unit at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Pomerania. The unit will be built as part of Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe’s (PEJ) project to develop Poland’s first nuclear power plant. Signed during the 4th Nuclear Power Industry Congress organized by IGEOS, the orders demonstrate Westinghouse’s commitment to using local suppliers as well as the technical capabilities of Polish industry in delivering safety-related modules for the nuclear portions of the project.

PEJ and Westinghouse Begin Long-Lead Item Procurement Process for Poland’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Warsaw, Poland – October 8, 2026 – Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) has commissioned Westinghouse Electric Company to begin procuring long-lead items (LLIs) for the first AP1000® unit of the Lubiatowo-Kopalino nuclear power plant project. This is one of the most important stages in preparing for the start of construction and ensuring that the project is completed on schedule.

U.S. – Korea Framework Advances Deployment of Westinghouse Nuclear Technology in the United States

Framework commits up to $120 billion of Korean investment to support construction of new nuclear reactors in the United States

NEW YORK, Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Asset Management (“Brookfield”) today welcomed the new strategic framework agreement between the United States Government (“U.S. Government”) and the Republic of Korea (“Korea”) to support the deployment of Westinghouse technology in the United States (“U.S.”).

Cameco acknowledges United States and Republic of Korea announcement of Framework for the Deployment of Nuclear Power

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 30, 2026 - Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) acknowledges that the United States of America (“USG”) and the Republic of Korea (“Korea”), under a previously entered Memorandum of Understanding (the “MOU”), today announced a framework that anticipates the investment by Korea of US$120 billion to help finance the buildout of Westinghouse reactor technology in the US using expertise and companies from both nations (the “Framework”).

Westinghouse and University of South Carolina Partner to Advance Nuclear Workforce Development

Agreement will explore opportunities to build the nuclear workforce needed to support fleet deployment of AP1000® reactors in the U.S. through USC’s planned Nuclear Innovation Center

Columbia, S.C., September 29, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company and the University of South Carolina (USC) are partnering to create a multidisciplinary nuclear workforce development program to support U.S. fleet deployment of AP1000® plants. The new program will be centered at the USC Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing’s planned Nuclear Innovation Center.

Westinghouse-Bechtel and PEJ Agree on Main Commercial Terms to Deliver First Polish Nuclear Power Plant

The agreement advances negotiations on the EPC contract for the construction of a three-unit AP1000® plant in Pomerania

Cranberry Township, PA, September 23, 2026 – The Westinghouse-Bechtel consortium and Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ) have agreed on the main commercial terms of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract that will deliver Poland’s first nuclear power plant.

Westinghouse eVinci™ Microreactor Achieves Zero-Power High-Temperature Criticality

eVinci test reaches criticality at 663°C and peak core temperature of 1,011°C, turning physics into evidence and accelerating the pathway to microreactor commercialization

Cranberry Township, PA, September 15, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company has successfully completed zero-power high-temperature criticality testing for its eVinci™ microreactor, a defining milestone in the program’s build-test-learn development journey. The work was completed in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC), a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) capability in Nevada.