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Westinghouse and EDF Partner for EnCore®

Paris, France, July 26, 2022 –Westinghouse Electric Company announced a partnership with EDF to explore the functionalities of Westinghouse’s EnCore® enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) technology. Westinghouse will study its EnCore fuel in an EDF reactor for potential deployment across the EDF nuclear fleet after 2030.

Westinghouse Brings Global Decommissioning Expertise to Norway

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 18, 2022 –Westinghouse Electric Company announced today a major engineering contract with Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND) to plan the decommissioning of the country’s two nuclear research reactors located in Halden and Kjeller. The three-year agreement includes options up to six years and is valued up to $100 million (NOK 1 billion).

Westinghouse Selects Outstanding Scholars for Prestigious U.S. Internships

University Engineering Students from Across Poland Spend Summer in Nuclear Industry

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 12, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company has selected 15 university students with outstanding academic and leadership credentials from Poland to participate in a summer internship program. The interns are engineering students from various Polish technical universities and while in the United States, they will work at the corporate headquarters and the company’s offices in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Energoatom and Westinghouse Begin AP1000® Plant License Process in Ukraine

Feasibility Study Contract Signed for Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 11, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new contract with Energoatom, Ukraine’s national nuclear power company. In the agreement, Westinghouse will provide AP1000® plant technical information in support of Energoatom’s feasibility study update for the construction of two AP1000 reactors at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine.

Westinghouse Announces Organizational Changes to Support Next Phase of Strategic Growth

Structure Further Strengthens Global Operational and Commercial Excellence

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 5, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced organizational and structural changes to further drive the company’s growth strategy and enhance customer engagement. Notably, Westinghouse is creating a dedicated Global Markets organization and realigning its portfolio of installed fleet services into two global business units with responsibility for Operating Plant Services and Nuclear Fuel.

Westinghouse Appoints Jacques Besnainou Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer

Industry-Recognized Leader to Spearhead Global Commercial Activities

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 5, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company has named Jacques Besnainou as Executive Vice President, Global Markets and Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Besnainou will lead Westinghouse’s global commercial strategy to deliver integrated enterprise-wide solutions and deepen customer relationships.

Out of This World: Westinghouse Design Takes Nuclear Power to Outer Space

NASA and U.S. Department of Energy Name Westinghouse an Artemis Concept Awardee

Cranberry Township, PA, June 29, 2022 – NASA, in partnership with Battelle Energy Alliance, contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has selected Westinghouse Electric Company to provide an initial design concept for a fission surface power system that could be ready to launch to the Moon by the end of the decade.

Westinghouse Advances Energy Security in Czech Republic

Prague, Czech Republic, June 28, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company signed an agreement with ČEZ to supply fuel assemblies at the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Westinghouse will deliver fuel assemblies beginning in 2024 to fully replace the current supplier with an anticipated term of 15 years. Since April 2019, six Westinghouse lead fuel assemblies have been in operation in Temelín Unit 1.

Westinghouse Creates and Installs Industry’s First 3D-Printed Fuel Debris Filter for Nuclear Power Plants

Västerås, Sweden – June 13, 2022 – Westinghouse installed its StrongHold® AM 3D-printed nuclear fuel debris filters in two Nordic Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) units – Olkiluoto 2 in Finland, and Oskarshamn 3 in Sweden – to further improve the plants’ operational reliability.

Westinghouse and Bloom Energy Sign Letter of Intent to Accelerate Zero-Carbon, Large-Scale Hydrogen Production in the Nuclear Industry

Agreement combines industry leadership in electrolyzer technology with proven nuclear expertise

Cranberry Township, PA and San Jose, Calif. – June 6, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company and Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE:BE) today announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent to pursue clean hydrogen production in the commercial nuclear power market. The companies are teaming to identify and implement clean hydrogen projects across the nuclear industry.