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Westinghouse and AZZ Inc. Transition to Teaming Agreement

Jan. 20, 2017 – Westinghouse Electric Company LLC announced today that it has transitioned its previously announced acquisition of Nuclear Logistics LLC. (NL), a third-party supplier of safety-related equipment solutions to the nuclear industry owned by AZZ Inc., to a teaming agreement. Under the agreement, Westinghouse and AZZ Inc. will jointly market their safety-related equipment solutions to the nuclear industry.

Westinghouse Sets First Steam Generator at V.C. Summer Unit 2

Jenkinsville, S.C., Jan. 12, 2017 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the completion of a key delivery milestone at the V.C. Summer AP1000® plant site, with placement of the first steam generator for Unit 2. The steam generator, including the integral reactor coolant pump casings, weighs more than 600 metric tons and is approximately 24 meters long and six meters in diameter. It was set in the Unit 2 nuclear island on Jan. 10.

Westinghouse Places Second Containment Vessel Ring for Lead Vogtle AP1000® Unit

Waynesboro, Ga., Dec. 13, 2016 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the successful placement of the second containment vessel ring at Vogtle Unit 3, the lead AP1000 nuclear power plant unit under construction at the Vogtle site. The ring is the third of five sections that constitute the AP1000 plant containment vessel, a high-integrity steel structure that houses the reactor vessel and other critical plant systems.

Westinghouse and SCANA Corp. Receive DRB Milestone Determination

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5, 2016 – Westinghouse Electric Company and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), the principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG), have received the Dispute Resolution Board’s (DRB) decision on the construction milestone payment schedule for the two nuclear construction projects at V.C. Summer Station in Jenkinsville, S.C.