Submits AP1000 for Regulatory Approval
PITTSBURGH, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company today
welcomed the UK Government's announcements recognizing nuclear energy's
continuing role in supplying safe, clean, reliable and affordable energy,
and the need for public consultation to ensure a full and legitimate
expression of views.
Upon the announcements to proceed with the design acceptance and public
comment processes in parallel, Westinghouse submitted the Westinghouse
AP1000(TM) pressurized water reactor (PWR) for UK design acceptance to the
Nuclear Directorate of the UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
"We commend the UK Government on its forward-looking approach to using
nuclear energy to help supply safe, clean and affordable electricity," said
Daniel S. Lipman, senior vice president, Westinghouse Nuclear Power Plants.
"The public consultation process and design acceptance are vital pre-
requisites for any nuclear reactor design to be built in the UK and to move
forward with the worldwide nuclear renaissance. We are pleased to submit
the standardized AP1000 design for design acceptance."
The AP1000 is the only Generation III+ design to receive Design
Certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and has
become the preferred technology by U.S. utilities, being chosen for no less
than 10 new reactor license applications to the U.S. NRC. Additionally,
China recently chose the AP1000 for four new power plant units, and the
European Utility Requirements (EUR) Committee certified the AP1000 as
having successfully passed all the steps of analysis for compliance with
European Utility Requirements, confirming that the AP1000 can be
successfully deployed in Europe. Entry into the UK market by Westinghouse
has the support of UK utilities, including E.ON.
With approximately half of the world's nuclear reactors based on
Westinghouse PWR technology, the AP1000 is based on the same established
technology but with the improvement of passive safety systems that rely on
gravity and natural circulation to effectively shut down the reactor in the
highly unlikely event of an accident. Additionally, simplification is a key
feature throughout the AP1000 design, making it more compact and less
complex, easier to operate and maintain relative to plants in operation
today, and competitive with other electricity generating sources. The
Westinghouse AP1000 is an ideal choice for a fleet of new reactors in the
UK and best suited for the worldwide nuclear power marketplace.
For more information about the Westinghouse AP1000, visit
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/AP1000/index.shtm. For AP1000 images,
visit http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/News_Room/image_gallery.shtm. To
download an AP1000 brochure, visit
http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/News_Room/publications_video.shtm.
Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation,
is the world's pioneering nuclear power company, supplying the world's
first commercial nuclear reactor at Shippingport, Pennsylvania, in 1957.
Since then, Westinghouse has become a leading supplier of nuclear plant
products and technologies to utilities throughout the world.
SOURCE Westinghouse Electric Company
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CONTACT:
David Powell, +44 1772 76 2230,
PowellDJ@westinghouse.com, or Scott Shaw, +1-412-374-6737,
shawsa@westinghouse.com, both of Westinghouse Electric Company
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