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Westinghouse to Promote Advanced U.K. SMR Manufacturing Efficiencies

CHORLEY, United Kingdom, Mar. 3, 2016 - Today, Westinghouse Electric Company announced that it is working with the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC) to explore the most effective way to manufacture Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPVs) in the U.K.

Sanmen 1 RCPS Installed Ahead of Schedule

Beijing, March 3, 2016 - Westinghouse Electric Company LLC announced today that all four reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) at Sanmen Unit 1 have been installed ahead of the current milestone schedule. Sanmen 1 is one of two AP1000® nuclear power plants under construction at the Sanmen Nuclear Power Plant in Zhejiang Province, China.

Westinghouse to Supply Vver-1000 Fuel Assemblies for Temelín Nuclear Power Plant

PRAGUE, February 29, 2016 - Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has been selected by ČEZ, a.s. in the Czech Republic to supply six Lead Test Assemblies (LTAs) for the Temelín nuclear power station.

Engineering Makes a World of Difference: Continuing the Legacy of Innovation at Westinghouse

Westinghouse employees in all areas of the company, not just engineers, help Westinghouse further its vision of being the first to innovate the next. Read more below about what these employees have to say about their careers at Westinghouse and what it means to turn great ideas into great technology.

Westinghouse Prepares for Global Growth

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2016 - Furthering its Right to Grow strategy, today Westinghouse Electric Company announced management assignments as part of its global business strategy. This alignment helps Westinghouse deliver on its strategy to be a customer-centric, global technology company. Through this transition, Westinghouse will be further aligned to enhance commercial and marketing development in its operating regions – the Americas, Asia, and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), while leveraging deep industry knowledge for emerging product lines in established markets.

Westinghouse Wins Outage Service Contract With Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Plants

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2016 - Westinghouse Electric Company has been selected by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide refueling outage and inspection services for the Westinghouse-designed pressurized water reactors at Watts Bar Units 1 and 2 and Sequoyah Units 1 and 2.

Westinghouse Selected to Perform Decommissioning Activities at Sellafield

CHORLEY, United Kingdom, Jan. 27, 2016 - Westinghouse Electric Company has been selected by Sellafield Ltd to conduct decommissioning activities under two separate Decommissioning Framework Agreements, as part of two consortia, deemed Framework partners by Sellafield Ltd.

Westinghouse Celebrates 130 Years of Energy Innovation

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 8, 2016 - Today, Westinghouse Electric Company honors George Westinghouse’s spirit of innovation on the 130th anniversary of the founding of Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Westinghouse First to Demonstrate UK's Readiness for SMR Fuel Fabrication

CHORLEY, United Kingdom, Jan. 7, 2016 - Today, Westinghouse Electric Company announced that the company’s Springfields facility in the United Kingdom has reached the requirements necessary to manufacture Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fuel. A key first for the U.K.’s SMR program, this readiness milestone is an important part of Westinghouse’s proposed partnership with the U.K. government to deploy SMR technology – a move that would advance the U.K. to becoming a global provider of the latest nuclear energy technology.

Westinghouse Completes Acquisition of CB&I Stone & Webster Inc.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 4, 2016Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that the company received U.S. government approval Dec. 31, 2015, to complete the company's acquisition of CB&I Stone & Webster Inc., the nuclear construction and integrated services business of CB&I.  Westinghouse announced on Oct. 27, 2015, that the company had signed a definitive agreement to acquire CB&I Stone & Webster Inc.