Westinghouse Subsidiary Wins Refueling Equipment Contract

Westinghouse Electric Company subsidiary PaR Nuclear Inc. has received a contract to provide refueling equipment upgrades for the units at Ulchin 3 & 4 in South Korea. The award successfully completes a two-year proposal effort.

The contract award from Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company, Ltd., owners of the plants includes modifications to the refueling machine, fuel transfer system, and spent fuel machine. Engineering design will begin immediately with manufacturing to start in early 2007. The first sets of equipment will be delivered in mid 2007 with field installation scheduled to start in the early fall of 2007.

PaR Nuclear Inc. continues to be the premier supplier of fuel handling equipment to Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Company, Ltd., and the Korean market.

PaR Nuclear is the original equipment manufacturer of fuel-handling equipment for 57 nuclear power plants in seven countries, including 35 in the United States. Additionally, PaR Nuclear has provided more than 85 automated refueling equipment control system upgrades. The PaR Nuclear workforce of approximately 125 employees is located primarily in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

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Posted 07/11/06

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