Springfields, United Kingdom, December 13, 2022 – Westinghouse is pleased to confirm that it received a Direct Award Grant from the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to explore the development of Uranium Conversion Services at the company’s Springfields facility in Lancashire, England.
Westinghouse and Fortum Sign Long-Term Partnership for VVER-440 Nuclear Fuel
Solna, Sweden, November 22, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company and Fortum recently signed a long-term partnership to develop, license and deliver VVER-440 fuel to the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant in Finland to guarantee a dependable Western alternative to Russian-supplied fuel.
Company to Collaborate with Urenco Ltd. and TRISO-X, LLC through UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Funding
London, United Kingdom, October 26, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company was awarded a grant from the United Kingdom’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to support development of advanced nuclear fuel.
Plant Using Westinghouse AP1000® Technology Advances Toward Operation
Vogtle Unit 3 Will Generate Reliable, Affordable Carbon-Free Power for Georgia
Cranberry Township, PA, October 14, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company congratulates Georgia Power, Southern Nuclear, and other Vogtle expansion project partners on fuel load for the new Plant Vogtle Unit 3 AP1000® reactor near Waynesboro, GA. The advanced nuclear fuel was manufactured at Westinghouse’s Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina.
London, United Kingdom, September 8, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company and ENUSA announced during the World Nuclear Symposium their intent to collaborate on VVER-440 fuel fabrication.
Paris, France, July 26, 2022 –Westinghouse Electric Company announced a partnership with EDF to explore the functionalities of Westinghouse’s EnCore® enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) technology. Westinghouse will study its EnCore fuel in an EDF reactor for potential deployment across the EDF nuclear fleet after 2030.
Prague, Czech Republic, June 28, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company signed an agreement with ČEZ to supply fuel assemblies at the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Westinghouse will deliver fuel assemblies beginning in 2024 to fully replace the current supplier with an anticipated term of 15 years. Since April 2019, six Westinghouse lead fuel assemblies have been in operation in Temelín Unit 1.
HELSINKI, FINLAND, March 9, 2020 – Today, Westinghouse Electric Company signed a long-term contract with the Finnish nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) for deliveries of control rods to their two boiling water reactors (BWRs), Olkiluoto 1 and 2, through 2038. TVO will utilize Westinghouse’s optimized CR 99+ design to extend the operational life of the control rods.
VÄSTERÅS, Sweden, October 29, 2019 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today that it has signed a long-term contract with Finnish nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) for deliveries of nuclear fuel to their two boiling water reactors, Olkiluoto 1 and 2 through 2038. Under the terms of the contract, TVO intends to implement TRITON11® fuel, the latest fuel innovation from Westinghouse for boiling water reactors.
VÄSTERÅS, Sweden, June 13, 2018 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced the signing of a contract for manufacture and delivery of boiling water reactor (BWR) fuel to Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant (CNC) in Spain in 2019 and 2021. CNC is wholly owned by Iberdrola Generación Nuclear S.A.
