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  2. AP1000 - Wikipedia

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    The plant is a pressurized water reactor with improved use of passive nuclear safety and many design features intended to lower its capital cost and improve its economics. The design traces its history to the Westinghouse 4-loop SNUPPS design, which was produced in various locations around the world. (Note: System 80 was a similar vintage ...

  3. AP600 - Wikipedia

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    The design has been scaled up and improved with the AP1000. Certification testing and analysis of the AP600 and AP1000 reactor designs for Westinghouse were conducted at the APEX facility at Oregon State University. The one-quarter scale reduced pressure integral system certified the passively safe systems that cool the reactor core using ...

  4. International Reactor Innovative and Secure - Wikipedia

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    International Reactor Innovative and Secure (IRIS) is a Generation IV reactor design made by an international team of companies, laboratories, and universities and coordinated by Westinghouse. IRIS is hoped to open up new markets for nuclear power and make a bridge from Generation III reactor to Generation IV reactor technology. The design is ...

  5. Westinghouse Electric Company - Wikipedia

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    It offers nuclear products and services to utilities internationally, including nuclear fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation, control and design of nuclear power plants. Westinghouse's world headquarters are located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. The company's main product is the AP1000, a modern ...

  6. System 80 - Wikipedia

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    System 80 is a pressurized water reactor design by Combustion Engineering (which was subsequently bought by Asea Brown Boveri and eventually merged into the Westinghouse Electric Company). Three System 80 reactors were built at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.

  7. Bulgaria is launching the construction of 2 US-designed ...

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    The two new reactors, which will provide a total of 2,300 megawatts, will use Westinghouse’s technology, the government said in a statement. Earlier this year, U.S.-based nuclear equipment ...

  8. This is not the first [Westinghouse reactor model] AP1000 to come on. Instead, it’s the fifth AP1000 to turn on in the world. So they do know a lot of what’s possible to go wrong as they’re ...

  9. A4W reactor - Wikipedia

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    The A4W reactor is a naval reactor used by the United States Navy to propel warships and generate onboard electricity. The A4W designation stands for: A = Aircraft carrier platform; 4 = Contractor's fourth core design generation; W = Westinghouse, the contracted designer