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News Releases

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.

Westinghouse Accident Tolerant Fuel Development Moves Forward With Cooperation Agreement With ENUSA

MADRID – May 25, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it will collaborate in the development of its EnCore® Fuel, the revolutionary accident-tolerant fuel (ATF) design, with ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas (ENUSA) through a Frame Cooperation Agreement (FCA).

“This agreement serves to strengthen the technical and commercial relations between ENUSA and Westinghouse as we work to develop leading nuclear fuel technology,” said Torbjörn Norén, European Fuel Group and EMEA Fuel Delivery Director at Westinghouse.

RENEW™ Program for Low-Voltage Circuit Breakers

As nuclear power plants reach 50-year milestones, many of their aging circuit breakers are reaching maximum life cycle count. In response, Westinghouse is introducing the RENEW™program, an innovative and practical solution for low-voltage circuit breakers that offers up to 50 percent cost savings as compared to complete circuit breaker replacement. With hundreds of circuit breakers installed in an individual plant, your utility could benefit from significant savings.

Westinghouse Wins Fuel Contract Extension for Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant

Cranberry Township, Pa. – May 2, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has signed a nuclear fuel and related services contract extension with Xcel Energy for its two pressurized water reactor units at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Red Wing, Minnesota.