Nuclear power industry equipment manufacturer Curtiss-Wright has received orders from Westinghouse Electric, to provide four generation-II reactor coolant pumps and pump seals supporting the completion of Unit-2 of Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar nuclear power plant, as well as long lead materials for drive rods for Units 1 and 2.
Curtiss-Wright’s Electro-Mechanical Corporation (CW-EMD), part of its flow control division, will engineer and manufacture the pumps, seals and drive rods at its Cheswick facility in Pennsylvania.
The completion of the Watts Bar Unit-2 is expected to take 54 months, with the reactor scheduled to enter commercial operation in early 2012. It will be the 105th nuclear power reactor in the US, according to Curtiss-Wright.
Westinghouse was the original supplier of the two Watts Bar reactors, while CW-EMD was the original supplier of the reactor cooling pumps.
Martin Benante, CEO of Curtiss-Wright, said: We are very pleased to be a part of this major project, which is a strong signal that nuclear power will be a major player in meeting the growing demand for nuclear power in the US.