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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.