Facility equipped with highly skilled staff offering consultation and laboratory / hot cell testing for commercial operations to help solve complex material and chemistry challenges.
Largest library of LWR irradiated materials in the world and the broadest array of laboratory testing & characterization performed on irradiated materials.
Westinghouse is on the leading edge of first-of-a-kind research to provide sensor technology to non-intrusively monitor real-time, continuous critical data in harsh environments such as in-core and spent fuel nuclear storage.
Customized test facilities which enable the development of industry guidelines and methodologies to proactively address and monitor nuclear plant operating & material challenges, preventing extended and unexpected outages.
As new nuclear technology is designed and developed, Westinghouse leads in first-of-a-kind experimental design to test material properties thus providing the data required for plant operations, safety analysis and new equipment & component design.
Collaborating with industry R&D partner on a development program to qualify potassium hydroxide (KOH) for pH control for Western-design PWRs utilizing our unique test loop facility.
24x7
engineers, scientists and technicians support 365 days a year to keep your plant running safely, reliably and efficiently
over
10K
reactor & pressure vessel material samples tested & analyzed
operable up to
1X1021
neutrons per cm2 accelerating fuel qualifications by up to 10 years
over
45 years
performing hot cell failure analyses
1st
successful enablement of GEN 3+ technology through experimental design & testing
UP TO
$2.5M
cost savings per unit per refueling cycle from improvements in fuel economy