Cranberry Township, Pa. – Aug. 23, 2017 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has signed a nuclear fuel contract extension with PSEG, a major supplier of nuclear power in New Jersey, to continue providing fuel assemblies for both units at the Salem Nuclear Generating Station.
Amelia Island, Fla. – August 9, 2017 – In a speech delivered to the American Nuclear Society Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo on Monday, Westinghouse Electric Company President, Americas Region and Chief Growth Officer David Howell, reaffirmed the company’s commitment to Delivering the Nuclear Promise.
Cranberry Township, Pa. – July 31, 2017 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it has reached a critical milestone in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process by submitting its five-year business plan to the company’s debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing lenders and the unsecured creditors committee on July 27.
Cranberry Township, Pa. - July 28, 2017 – Westinghouse today announced that it will load fuel assemblies containing lead test rods of its accident tolerant fuel solution, EnCore™ Fuel, in Exelon Generation’s Byron Unit 2 in spring of 2019. The fuel assemblies will contain chromium-coated zirconium fuel rods loaded with uranium silicide pellets, which set EnCore Fuel apart from other accident-tolerant fuel solutions because of the pellets’ higher density and higher thermal conductivity.
Cranberry Township, Pa., July 13, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and university research partners to receive a total of $7.5 million in funding to advance nuclear innovation in a number of areas.
Madison, Pa., July 5, 2017 – Westinghouse announced today it has successfully used its Zephyr® Advanced Acquisition System to examine 100 percent of the tubes in a steam generator from a single plenum – a first in the nuclear industry. The Zephyr system uses revolutionary probe delivery to more rapidly perform high-quality eddy current examinations as part of a plant’s regular steam generator maintenance program.
Cranberry Township, Pa., June 28, 2017 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that José Emeterio Gutiérrez has been named president and chief executive officer by the Westinghouse Board of Directors. He had served as interim president and CEO since June 2016.
Braselton, Ga., June 13, 2017 – Westinghouse Electric Company today formally launched its accident-tolerant fuel solution, EnCoreTM Fuel. The announcement was made during the company’s Fuel Users’ Group Meeting, attended by nuclear fuel customers from around the world.
Arlington, Va., June 7, 2017 – In the latest action to accelerate its return to the government services marketplace, Westinghouse Electric Company announced today the opening of a new Washington, D.C., area office that serves as headquarters for its Westinghouse Government Services LLC business. Industry and government officials joined Westinghouse in marking the establishment of the office at a June 6 open house hosted by the company.
NEWINGTON, N.H.-June 4, 2017 – Today, Westinghouse Electric Company announced that it has agreed to a new, three-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (the Boilermakers) at the Nuclear Components Manufacturing (NCM) facility in Newington, New Hampshire.
