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Westinghouse AP1000 Plant to Load Fuel

SANMEN, CHINA, April 25, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company, China State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation (SNPTC) and CNNC Sanmen Nuclear Power Company Limited (SMNPC) announced today that the world’s first unit of AP1000 nuclear power plant located in Sanmen, Zhejiang Province, China, has received the fuel load permit from China’s National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and has commenced initial fuel loading.

Westinghouse Plan of Reorganization Confirmed

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA, March 27, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company today obtained approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the Court) of the company’s plan of reorganization (the Plan).

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.