Westinghouse Electric Company said it had extended an agreement with FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. that includes a five-year provision for outage services for the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station's pressurized water reactors.
The reactors in Shippingport, Pa., are Westinghouse-designed power plants. The agreement, Westinghouse said, provides for refueling, plus reactor coolant pump and steam generator inspections and services. The five-year period begins in 2016 and includes an option for renewal.
The company did not disclose the value of the agreement. Westinghouse President, Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa Regions Mark Marano said the company was pleased to assist FirstEnergy in producing “safe, clean and affordable electricity.”
The alliance between the two has been continuous since Beaver Valley began producing electricity in 1976, he said.
The company also noted that the Shippingport location that now houses the Beaver Valley facility formerly was home to the world's first pressurized water reactor, supplied by Westinghouse in 1957.
Westinghouse said it plans to phase in its Zephyr Advanced Acquisition System for inspecting steam generators at the Beaver Valley plant at sometime in the course of this agreement.