Westinghouse Partners with Pabineau and Eel River Bar First Nations to Advance Nuclear Deployment at Port of Belledune Thursday, May 15, 2025 Westinghouse Further Expands Bulgarian AP1000® Supply Chain Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Westinghouse and INSA Lyon Collaborate to Accelerate Materials Innovation...
When Toshiba bought Westinghouse's nuclear business in 2006 for about $5.4 billion, it was betting on the latter's advanced pressurized reactor design, known as AP1000. The new reactor was supposed to be a cure to the nuclear industry's ills by delegating much of the fabrication to the ...
AP1000PRAIn-Vessel RetentionThe Westinghouse AP1000 Program is aimed at making available a nuclear power plant that is economical in the U.S deregulated electrical power industry in the near-term. The AP1000 is two-loop 1000 MWe pressurizer water reactor (PWR). It is an uprated version of...
Westinghouse Senior Director Sean Jones, left, spoke with attendees about the AP1000 reactor technology. Through this outreach to suppliers, Westinghouse has signed Memorandums of Understanding with 32 Polish suppliers for cooperation on the construction of the AP1000 plant. This historic investment in...
Westinghouse Electric says its big AP1000 reactor should become cheaper to build after lessons learned at projects in South Carolina and Georgia. Nuclear advocates see growing electricity demand from the tech sector as a catalyst that could lead to new construction again. ...
Owned by Canadian energy powerhouses Brookfield and Cameco, Westinghouse is the only nuclear vendor with an advanced, proven and fully operational Generation III+ reactor technology that is ready to be deployed in Canada and generate electricity by as early as 2035. A four-unit AP1000 facility ...
The AP1000 reactor, which received amended design certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in December 2011, was developed to further improve safety and reduce construction and operating costs. Westinghouse is pursuing production of AP1000 fuel across its global manufactur...
Westinghouse has submitted its pre-application Regulatory Engagement Plan with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the development of its AP300™ small modular reactor, which is based on the proven and licensed AP1000 reactor design. Its eVinci™ microreactor design was recently awarded US De...
BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The world’s first AP1000® nuclear power plant moved a step closer to commissioning with the completion of the cold hydrostatic test (CHT) at Sanmen Unit 1 in Zhejiang Province, China. The successful completion of CHT confirms that the reactor systems meet design ...
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