Opens Office in Charlotte to support nuclear business growth
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company
announced today that it will open an office here in February 2009 in
response to the nuclear renaissance and related business growth.
The initial focus of Westinghouse's expanded Charlotte-based workforce
will be on balance of plant engineering, and Boiling Water Reactor (BWR)
instrumentation and control system development and project execution.
The new Westinghouse office is located at 3545 Whitehall Park Drive, 15
miles from downtown Charlotte.
"The southeastern U.S. is growing rapidly and is particularly
attractive to us since it enables us to establish a presence close to our
customers and partners," said Tony Greco, senior vice president,
Westinghouse Human Resources and Corporate Relations. "Our addition of
staff in Charlotte demonstrates our continuing commitment to provide needed
expertise in the nuclear market to meet the future, as well as emergent
customer needs for both operating plants and new build."
In early April Westinghouse signed an Engineering, Procurement and
Construction contract (EPC) with Georgia Power to provide two plants at the
Vogtle site near Waynesboro, Ga. That was the first new nuclear power plant
contract in the United States since 1977. In May Westinghouse signed an EPC
with South Carolina Electric & Gas Company and Santee Cooper to provide two
Westinghouse AP1000(TM) nuclear power units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear
Station in Jenkinsville, S.C.
Earlier this year, Westinghouse opened an office in San Jose, Calif.,
to support the growth of its BWR nuclear power business.
Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation,
is based near Pittsburgh, Pa. Westinghouse is the world's pioneering
nuclear power company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant products
and technologies to utilities throughout the world. Today, Westinghouse
technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's operating
nuclear plants.
SOURCE Westinghouse Electric Company
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CONTACT:
Vaughn Gilbert of Westinghouse Electric
Company, +1-412-374-3896, gilberhv@westinghouse.com
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