Springfields, UK – June 30, 2026 – Westinghouse’s Springfields nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Salwick, Lancashire, has commemorated its eight-decade milestone as the world’s oldest continuous nuclear fuel manufacturing facility by planting 80 trees in its local community.  

The only design based on a licensed, operating reactor shortlisted in competition to develop innovative nuclear technology for UK energy security

Springfields, United Kingdom – September 25, 2024 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced its AP300™ Small Modular Reactor (SMR) has been downselected for the final phase of Great British Nuclear’s (GBN) competitive SMR technology selection process.

The approval is the first step in the technology licencing process to make SMRs a reality in the U.K.

Lancashire, United Kingdom, Aug. 23, 2024 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced today it has received formal approval from the U.K. Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to enter the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) for the AP300™ Small Modular Reactor (SMR).

LEU+ ADOPT™ pellets will improve fuel cycle safety and reactor operational costs

Lancashire, England, August. 7, 2024 - Westinghouse Electric Company has completed the first pressing of its Low Enriched Uranium (LEU+) ADOPT™ nuclear fuel pellets for commercial application at its Springfields Fuel Manufacturing Facility in the UK. This milestone was achieved in partnership with Southern Nuclear and the support of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Agreement Marks First Step in Private Delivery of Advanced, Proven SMR Technology to the UK

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Feb. 8, 2024 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has signed an agreement with Community Nuclear Power, Ltd. (CNP) that puts it on track to deploy the U.K.’s first privately-financed small modular reactor fleet, with the Westinghouse AP300™ SMR. It is a significant step in making this new energy sector a reality with commercial operation expected by the early 2030s.