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PEJ, Westinghouse and Bechtel Honored with EXIM’s 2026 Energy Dominance Deal of the Year Award

Financing Award Recognizes Historic Effort Advancing Poland’s First Nuclear Power Plant

Washington, DC, May 6, 2026 – Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel received the 2026 Energy Dominance Deal of the Year award from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) on April 30, 2026. The award recognizes the strong partnership that has been forged between PEJ and the Westinghouse-Bechtel Consortium to build Poland’s first nuclear power plant.

Westinghouse Appoints Gaby Poirier to Lead Global Operating Plants Business

Cranberry Township, Pa., May 5, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced the appointment of Gaby Poirier as President of its Global Operating Plants business unit.  

Westinghouse Donates $80,000 to Support Richland One Schools

Continuation of a longstanding partnership committed to ensuring a bright future for Richland County

Hopkins, South Carolina, May 4, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company, through its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF), has expanded its longtime partnership with Richland One schools this year to support programming at seven schools in Lower Richland County, where Westinghouse is located.

Westinghouse Announces Appointment of Dan Sumner as CEO

Cranberry Township, PA, April 27, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company (“Westinghouse”) announced today that Dan Sumner has been appointed President and CEO, effective immediately.

Westinghouse eVinci™ Microreactor Selected for Malmstrom Air Force Base

Project Seeks to Deploy Technology for U.S. Department of the Air Force and Defense Innovation Unit through Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations Program

Cranberry Township, PA, April 23, 2026 – Westinghouse Government Services announces that the eVinci™ microreactor has been proposed for Malmstrom Air Force Base (AFB) by the Department of the Air Force, in conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), through the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations (ANPI) program.

Westinghouse Hosts Annual VVER Fuel Forum with Customers

Westinghouse currently has fuel supply contracts with all the European VVER operators

Budapest, HUNGARY – April 8, 2026 – Westinghouse and MVM Paks Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) recently co-hosted the VVER Fuel Forum in Budapest to share insights and plans for the continued deployment of VVER-1000 and VVER-440 fuel in operating reactors.  

Westinghouse Establishes Standard AP1000® Plant for Fleet-Scale Deployment in U.S.

Plant Vogtle Unit 4 Becomes Reference Plant to Streamline Licensing and Accelerate Delivery

Cranberry Township, PA, April 6, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted Revision 20 of the AP1000® Design Control Document (DCD) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which establishes Plant Vogtle Unit 4 as the standard AP1000 reference plant for U.S. deployment. The submittal is part of Westinghouse’s strategic plan to enable a fleet-scale deployment of the advanced AP1000 modular reactor and support President Trump’s vision to build a U.S. fleet of large nuclear reactors.

Westinghouse Celebrates Record-breaking 80 Years of Nuclear Fuel Manufacture at Springfields

Fuel manufactured at Springfields has generated enough energy to supply the UK’s electricity demand for 26 years, avoiding the emission of nearly 3 billion tonnes of CO2  

Springfields, UK – March 30, 2026 – The Westinghouse Springfields facility in Lancashire, UK, has marked a significant milestone as the oldest continuous nuclear fuel manufacturing site in the world, starting from its original license on the 28th. March 1946. The site was chosen by the UK Government to develop nuclear fuel for the world’s earliest civil nuclear power stations, as well as subsequent Magnox and Advanced Gas Reactors (AGR) reactors.

Westinghouse Suppliers Present Benefits of Building U.S. AP1000® Fleet to Congress

Deploying Proven AP1000 Plants Will Boost American Competitiveness While Creating Significant Economic Benefits and Tens of Thousands of Jobs

Washington, D.C., March 25, 2026 – More than 40 Westinghouse Electric Company supply chain partners gathered in Washington, D.C., to meet with members of the U.S. Congress to share the benefits of building a U.S. fleet of AP1000® plants, the only advanced, grid-scale reactor that is commercially available today.  

Westinghouse and Hyundai E&C Welcome Suppliers to First Finland-Sweden Nuclear New Plant Symposium

Symposium Highlighted Localization as a Core Objective and Urged Suppliers to Join Supply Chain

Helsinki, FinlandMarch 12, 2026– The Westinghouse Electric Company and Hyundai E&C consortium welcomed more than 150 attendees from local companies, government and industry organizations to the first Finland-Sweden Supplier Symposium on March 10 and 11.