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Westinghouse Completes First Major Decommissioning Work at a Nordic Commercial Nuclear Reactor

PITTSBURGH, March 16, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it has completed a major decommissioning project at the former Barsebäck nuclear power plant in Skåne, Sweden.

Barsebäck Unit 2 ceased operation in 2005 and decommissioning work began in August 2016. Westinghouse’s scope of work included the underwater segmentation and packaging of the reactor vessel internals, as well as the upfront engineering studies and equipment manufacturing and qualification.

Westinghouse-led Consortium Prepared to Supply Fuel to VVER-440 Reactors in Europe

VÄSTERÅS, SWEDEN – March 12, 2018 –Westinghouse Electric Company and its eight European consortium partners today announced the successful completion of an EU funded project targeted at diversifying the nuclear fuel supply to VVER-440 reactors in Europe.

Westinghouse Appoints Xavier Coll Sugrañes VP and Managing Director Southern Europe

MADRID - March 7, 2018 - Westinghouse Electric Company has named Xavier Coll Sugrañes as vice president and managing director, Southern Europe following the retirement of Javier González after 43 years of service with the company.

Westinghouse Electric Company Signs Cooperation Agreement for Lead-cooled Fast Reactor Development

Cranberry Township, Pa, February 22, 2017 –Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a Cooperation Agreement for lead-cooled fast reactor (LFR) technology development with the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) and Ansaldo Nucleare. The agreement demonstrates each party’s commitment to collaborating toward the development of a next-generation nuclear plant based on LFR technology, which is both “walk-away” safe and economically competitive across global energy markets.

Westinghouse Electric Company to Provide Engineering Support at Vandellós 1 in Partnership With EDF

MADRID, February 21, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company and Electricité de France (EDF), in partnership, announced today that they have been awarded a contract from Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos (ENRESA), the Spanish agency responsible for radioactive waste management and nuclear plant decommissioning.