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Integrating Proven Experience with Enhanced Capabilities

Breaking the mold? Try eliminating the mold altogether.

Stress corrosion and thermal cycling cracks are common flaws discovered during outage inspections. A structural weld overlay (SWOL) is the addition of weld reinforcement material on the outside surface of a pipe to a sufficient thickness and extent to create a new structural barrier. Additionally, it places the inner diameter surface of the component in a more favorable compressive stress state. It has earned recognition as a safe, problem-free means of crack mitigation and pipe repair.

Westinghouse Sale to Brookfield Complete

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA. - August 1, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company, the global leader in nuclear technology, fuels and services, today announced the completion of its previously announced sale to Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (NYSE:BBU) (TSX:BBU.UN) together with institutional partners (collectively, “Brookfield”) and emergence from Chapter 11 as a reorganized company. Announced on Jan. 4, 2018, the transaction was closed and became effective today.

Full Core of Westinghouse Fuel Achieved at South-Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3

KIEV, UKRAINE - July 19, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that Ukraine’s State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generation Company (SE NNEGC) Energoatom’s South-Ukraine NPP Unit 3 near Yuzhnoukrainsk in Mykolaiv province was loaded with a full core of Westinghouse VVER-1000 fuel. This is the first unit in Ukraine to operate with Westinghouse VVER-1000 fuel assemblies as the sole fuel source.

First Westinghouse AP1000 Nuclear Plant Sanmen 1 Completes Initial Criticality

SANMEN, CHINA, June 21, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) announced today that the world’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China has successfully completed initial criticality.

Westinghouse Loads Fuel in Second AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant

HAIYANG, CHINA, June 21, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company and its customers, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and Shangdong Nuclear Power Company Limited (SDNPC) announced today that Haiyang Unit 1, the AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Haiyang, Shandong Province, China, has begun to load fuel.

Modifications That Support Your Transition to Modernization

The Westinghouse Solid State Rod Control System (SSRCS) has been in operation at many plants for over 30 years. Although the system has proven to be reliable, obsolescence concerns are increasing and personnel with analog control system experience are becoming more limited in the modern, digital world.

Westinghouse Wins Competitive Bid for Delivery of Nuclear Fuel to Spain

VÄSTERÅS, Sweden, June 13, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the signing of a contract for manufacture and delivery of boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel to Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant (CNC) in Spain in 2019 and 2021. CNC is wholly owned by Iberdrola Generación Nuclear S.A.

Westinghouse Awarded $5 Million From U.S. Department of Energy

Cranberry Township, PA – June 7, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it was awarded $5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The funding will be used to develop a self-regulating solid core block (SCB) that employs solid materials (instead of bulk liquid flow or moving parts) to inherently self-regulate the reaction rate in a nuclear reactor. The development of the SCB is a key component of Westinghouse’s eVinciTM micro reactor concept – a next-generation, very small modular reactor for decentralized generation markets.

Westinghouse Appoints Eddie SAAB as President, Canada

Cranberry Township, Pa. – June 4, 2018– Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that Edouard (Eddie) Saab has been appointed president, Canada, effective June 1.

First Westinghouse AP1000 Plant Sanmen 1 Begins Synchronization to Electrical Grid

SANMEN, CHINA, June 30, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company and its customers, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) announced today that the world’s first AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China, has begun initial connection to the electrical grid. Sanmen 1’s turbine generator is now initially connected to the electrical grid and has begun generating electricity.