Cranberry Township, PA, October 12, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) on adding two additional AP1000® technology-based plants in China to its growing list of newbuild projects. China’s State Council recently approved the two units owned by State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) at Lianjiang Nuclear Power Plant in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province.
Warsaw, Poland, September 22, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company has signed Memoranda of Understanding with 22 companies in Poland. The MoUs, signed in the presence of the U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzeziński allow for cooperation on the potential construction of AP1000® reactors in the first Polish nuclear power plant and other potential AP1000 plant projects in Central Europe.
Cranberry Township, PA – August 4, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear, and other project partners on a major milestone in the completion of the Plant Vogtle Unit 3 AP1000® plant near Waynesboro, GA. On Wednesday, August 3, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) provided authorization via a 103(g) finding to Southern Nuclear to load fuel and begin operation. The finding signifies that the new unit has been constructed and will be operated in conformance with the Combined License and NRC regulations.
Cranberry Township, PA, July, 11, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new contract with Energoatom, Ukraine’s national nuclear power company. In the agreement, Westinghouse will provide AP1000® plant technical information in support of Energoatom’s feasibility study update for the construction of two AP1000 reactors at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine.
Cranberry Township, PA, April 26, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company celebrates the recent approval by China’s State Council to proceed with construction of four additional AP1000® reactors, increasing the global AP1000 fleet to 10 units.
Prague, Czech Republic, April 11, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with nine companies in the Czech Republic. The MOUs signed cover cooperation on the potential deployment of an AP1000® plant for the Dukovany 5 project as well as other potential AP1000 projects in Central Europe. These MOUs add to the seven agreements signed with local companies in the Czech Republic in January 2022.
Cranberry Township, PA, March 15, 2021 – Westinghouse Electric Company has announced intentions to invest in nuclear technologies in Poland, following a meeting between Westinghouse Chief Executive Officer Patrick Fragman and Poland’s Secretary of State in the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and Plenipotentiary for Strategic Energy Infrastructure Piotr Naimski in Warsaw. The meeting came as a result of a finalized Inter-Governmental Agreement between Poland and the United States on cooperation for the implementation of the nuclear energy program, which includes a plan to transfer technology from the United States to the Polish Nuclear Power Program and develop a comprehensive investment scheme with participation of U.S. entities.
Beijing, March 11, 2021 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that Sanmen Unit 2, one of the world’s first AP1000® nuclear power plants, has set a new refueling outage record in the global nuclear power industry, completing its initial outage in 28.14 days.
