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Westinghouse Creates and Installs Industry’s First 3D-Printed Fuel Debris Filter for Nuclear Power Plants

Västerås, Sweden – June 13, 2022 – Westinghouse installed its StrongHold® AM 3D-printed nuclear fuel debris filters in two Nordic Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) units – Olkiluoto 2 in Finland, and Oskarshamn 3 in Sweden – to further improve the plants’ operational reliability.

Westinghouse Installs First-of-a-Kind 3D-printed Fuel Component Inside Commercial Nuclear Reactor

May 4, 2020 –Westinghouse Electric Company announced today a 3D-printed thimble plugging device was successfully installed in Exelon’s Byron Unit 1 nuclear plant during their spring refueling outage. It is a first-of-a-kind installation for the nuclear industry.

Advancing our Manufacturing Capabilities to Meet Your Component Needs

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Through innovative techniques like 3D printing, hot isostatic pressing and diffusion bonding, Westinghouse is developing and deploying advanced manufacturing technologies to realize cost and lead-time reductions, and enable next-generation solutions for energy generation. Explore some of our enhanced capabilities below.

Westinghouse and Partners Win $7.5 Million for Nuclear Innovation From the Department of Energy

Cranberry Township, Pa., July 13, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and university research partners to receive a total of $7.5 million in funding to advance nuclear innovation in a number of areas.

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