Westinghouse Wins Ukraine Nuclear Safety Contract

GALWAY, IRELAND--November 14, 2014 --Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland) Toshiba-owned Westinghouse Electric Company (Monroeville, Pennsylvania) has been selected to supply a passive hydrogen control system for the VVER Units 1 and 2 at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

The contract was awarded by the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine (NNEGC Energoatom) at a time when the safety of Ukraine's nuclear fleet has been called into question because of the ongoing conflict with Russian-backed rebels in the Crimea region of the country.