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PITTSBURGH, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the unprecedented, growing demand for clean, secure energy worldwide, Westinghouse Electric Company announced a restructuring of its Research and Technology Unit (RTU) into three major segments: R&T Strategy, Nuclear Energy Innovation Leadership (NEIL) hub and R&T Operations. Dr. Kate Jackson, Westinghouse senior vice president for RTU and chief technology officer, said the realignment supports the company's aspirations to be the...
PITTSBURGH, April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced it will maintain office space in the company's former headquarters facility in Monroeville, Pa. Approximately 60,000 square feet of office space will be leased for up to five years and will provide space for up to 450 employees who provide a variety of internal support services. "Despite the slump in the global economy, Westinghouse's future prospects are still quite strong," said Tony Greco, senior vice...
PITTSBURGH, March 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today confirmed that it will commence innovative new commercial arrangements with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) involving the long-term lease of the Springfields nuclear fuel manufacturing site, near Preston in Lancashire. The new arrangements were marked at a ceremony on the site today attended by President and CEO of Westinghouse Dr. Aris S. Candris, NDA Commercial Director John Clarke and President &...
TOKYO and PITTSBURGH, March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC today announced the formation of a new joint venture, Advance Uranium Asset Management, Ltd. (AUAM), that will strengthen Toshiba Group's capabilities in the nuclear front end business segments and enhance the extensive range of support services extended to utilities around the world. United Kingdom based AUAM will undertake uranium related transactions in the front end of...
PITTSBURGH, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced its intention to become a leading participant in a major new manufacturing facility for nuclear components in the United Kingdom. Alongside UK Government and others, Westinghouse plans to make a substantial contribution to the proposed new 15,000-ton press to be built at the Sheffield Forgemasters plant in Sheffield, Yorkshire. This press will be one of only a handful in the world with the capability to...
PITTSBURGH, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today announced sponsorship of a science video contest for middle and high School students focusing on energy. Administered through the company's speaker's bureau, N-Vision, the contest is designed to encourage young persons to think about energy in the context of worldwide political, economic and environmental realities. The contest is open to all middle and high schools where Westinghouse has a presence. To be eligible,...
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company LLC announced today that it has been notified by CEZ that it has successfully complied with the qualification requirements stipulated in the Qualification Documentation for the public contract "Completion of the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant." Westinghouse received the confirmation from CEZ on February 18, after submitting its response to the Qualification Document, issued by CEZ, in October 2009. In that submission,...
The following statement is attributable to Dr. Aris S. Candris, President and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Company. PITTSBURGH, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse and its consortium team member The Shaw Group (NYSE: SHAW), are under contract to provide two of Westinghouse AP1000(TM) nuclear power plants at Southern's Vogtle site in Georgia. The consortium is also building four AP1000s(TM) in China and has been selected to provide no less than 12 additional AP1000s elsewhere in the...
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Westinghouse AP1000(TM) pressurized water reactor has completed Phase 1 of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) Pre-Project Design Review. The objective of a Pre-Project Design review is to verify, at a high level, the acceptability of a nuclear reactor design with respect to Canadian safety requirements and criteria, including the identification of fundamental barriers to licensing a new reactor design in Canada. The review is conducted in...
NIVELLES, Belgium, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company, the world's pioneering nuclear company, today inaugurated its European Pump and Motor Maintenance and Repair Center here to provide tailor-made solutions for its nuclear energy customers in Europe. Many dignitaries, including Didier Reynders, Belgian deputy prime minister and minister of Finance, Marie-Jose Lalloy, governor of the province, Pierre Huart, town mayor, and other regional and local authorities joined...
