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Westinghouse Appoints New Chief Information Officer

PITTSBURGH, March 29, 2016Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the appointment of Jeff Kubacki as vice president and chief information officer (CIO), responsible for delivering a broad range of global information technology initiatives.

Westinghouse Enhances Ukraine Nuclear Safety With Beacon™ Contract Award

PITTSBURGH, March 28, 2016 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has signed a contract with National Nuclear Energy Generating Company (NNEGC) Energoatom to license the Westinghouse BEACON™ Core Monitoring System for use at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant Unit 5, further diversifying fuel and related materials supply to Ukraine reactors. BEACON is a state-of-the-art product providing crucial reactor measurements for required safety margins.

Westinghouse Celebrates Springfields 70th Anniversary

SPRINGFIELDS, U.K., 23 March 2016 – On 28 March, the Westinghouse nuclear licenced site at Springfields celebrates 70 years of safely manufacturing nuclear fuel.

On that date in 1946 the Government announced that the former war-time munitions factory would be the birthplace of the UK’s civil nuclear power programme. As the first plant in the world to produce fuel for a commercial nuclear power station, the site has produced over 12 million fuel elements and supplied products and services to customers in 11 countries.

Westinghouse Confident in U.K.'s Moorside Project Delivery

PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2016 – Westinghouse Electric Company has issued the following statement from Sr. Vice President, New Plants and Major Projects Jeff Benjamin in response to the U.K. regulators’ (Office of Nuclear Regulation and the Environment Agency) joint quarterly report on the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) closure program for the AP1000® reactor design.

Westinghouse CEO Refutes Bloomberg Report

PITTSBURGH, March 17, 2016 – Today Westinghouse President and CEO Danny Roderick issued the following statement to refute the Bloomberg News article that implies that Westinghouse’s finances are under government investigation.