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The 12-foot (3.7 metre) long heat pipe manufactured by Westinghouse Electric Company in a project supported by the US Department of Energy's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Project (ARDP) is one of the largest of its kind made and will be used to support a test reactor the company aims to operate in 2026.

Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Major-component-manufacture-is-eVinci-milestone

Even oil-rich companies of Middle East are eying reactors, as more nations announce plans for SMRs Russian troops occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, which was damaged by shelling. File photo courtesy IAEA. 2022 was a year of mega milestones for nuclear energy.

Countries around the world turned to nuclear as a reliable low-carbon energy source as they looked for ways to wean themselves off Russian imports and lower carbon emissions.

New plants began operating, deals for small modular reactors were signed and countries announced ambitious plans for new-build.

On the political front, US president Joe Biden signed into law new legislation that will help to finance struggling nuclear reactors and could save dozens from being shut down early. In Europe, the nuclear industry celebrated when members of the European parliament decided to “follow the science” and support legislation which includes nuclear in the bloc’s sustainable finance taxonomy for green investment.

Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/five-major-developments-that-are-setting-the-stage-for-2023-and-beyond-1-1-2023

Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Renewable Partners, together with its institutional partners (the consortium), are forming a strategic partnership to acquire Westinghouse Electric Company. Brookfield Renewable, with its institutional partners, will own a 51% interest in Westinghouse and Cameco will own 49%.

Date: Friday, 14 October 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscameco-and-brookfield-renewable-to-acquire-westinghouse-10084610

There is no credible net-zero scenario in which nuclear does not grow its capacity from today, global asset management company Brookfield said in a newly released White Paper.

Date: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Brookfield-sees-new-dawn-for-nuclear

Investment is third of its kind in recent years The eVinci is a very small modular reactor for decentralised generation purposes including off-grid sites and remote communities. Courtesy Westinghouse. The Canadian wing of US-based Westinghouse Electric Company has received CAD27.2m ($21.5m, €19.5m) of funding from the Canadian government to support the development of the company’s eVinci microreactor technology.

The fund has previously made grants to two SMR projects: CAD20m for Canada-based Terrestrial Energy to accelerate development of its integral molten salt reactor and CAD47.5m to Moltex Energy, another Canadian company. to help develop its 300 MW stable salt reactor-wasteburner (SSR-W) technology.

According to Westinghouse, eVinci is a next-generation, very small modular reactor for decentralised generation purposes including off-grid sites, remote communities, disaster recovery, industrial sites, defence facilities, marine propulsion, hydrogen generation, and water purification among others.

Date: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Original article: nucnet.org/news/canada-awards-cad27-2m-in-funding-to-westinghouse-for-evinci-development-3-1-2022

The nuclear industry has merely scratched the surface of the flexible benefits of nuclear power, according to panellists in a conference held this week ahead of the 11th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM11). The CEM11 side-event, Flexibility in Clean Energy Systems: The Enabling Roles of Nuclear Energy, included high-level speakers from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as government officials from Canada, the UK and the USA. Hosted by Saudi Arabia, CEM11 will take place on 22 September.

Date: Friday, 18 September 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Nuclears-flexibility-is-the-magic-to-create-a-clea

Three recent announcements will help secure future supplies of vital medical radioisotopes. Westinghouse Electric Company and Nordion (Canada) Inc are to work together on technology to produce cobalt-60 in pressurised water reactors (PWRs); Framatome and Kinectrics have launched a new joint venture to produce lutetium-177 in partnership with Bruce Power; and BWXT Technologies' proprietary technetium-99m generators have passed a testing milestone.

Date: Saturday, 29 February 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Companies-work-on-securing-medical-isotope-supplie

Sale comprises of businesses in the US, Canada, France and the UK Rolls-Royce said the deal does not include its small modular reactor venture. Westinghouse Electric Company has completed the acquisition of Rolls-Royce’s civil nuclear systems and services business in North America and a number of sites in Europe.

Rolls-Royce said the sale comprises civil nuclear services businesses in the US and Canada along with sites at Mondragon, France, and Gateshead, UK, which are part of its power systems business unit.

The sale does not include the instrumentation and controls business based in Grenoble, France, which remains under review.

It also does not include Rolls-Royce’s UK nuclear new build operations or small modular reactor activities.

The company is heading an SMR consortium which plans to install and operate “factory-built power stations” capable of competing on price with low-cost renewables such as offshore wind.

Date: Tuesday, 04 February 2020
Original article: nucnet.org/news/westinghouse-completes-acquisition-of-civil-nuclear-businesses-2-1-2020

Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its North American civil nuclear services businesses to Westinghouse Electric Company. 

Date: Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrolls-royce-sells-us-nuclear-services-to-westinghouse-7430849