WESTINGHOUSE AND EMERSON REACH TEN YEAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AUTOMATION AGREEMENT

Emerson Automation Solutions 27/11/2007

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Emerson to provide technology for daily operation of Westinghouse-designed nuclear power plants as well as existing plants scheduled for upgrade

Westinghouse Electric and Emerson Process Management have announced a 10-year extension to an existing agreement in which Emerson will provide the key technology for the automation of nuclear power plants that utilise the important Westinghouse AP1000™ design. The AP1000 is the only Generation III+ design for nuclear power plants to have received design certification from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Westinghouse will use Emerson’s Ovation® expert control and information system designed specifically to automate power generation. The Ovation system, a key component of Emerson’s PlantWeb® digital plant architecture, will control power generation processes, provide the operations and maintenance interface, and collect and distribute plant-wide information for process and power generation management.

“This agreement, which is timely in the light of the resurgence of nuclear power, ensures that existing and future Westinghouse customers can rely on Emerson’s Ovation technology for efficient and reliable control of the daily operations of these nuclear facilities,” said John Berra, president of Emerson Process Management, whose Power & Water Solutions division reached the agreement.

Four Westinghouse AP1000 design plants have been contracted for construction in China. The AP1000 design has been selected as the basis for twelve advanced nuclear plants whose construction has been proposed in the United States over the next ten to twelve years. Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately one-half of the world’s operating nuclear plants, including 60 per cent of those in the United States. The agreement also selects Emerson for modernisation of existing facilities.

Emerson and Westinghouse share a strong history, having worked together in addressing the needs of the nuclear market since Emerson’s acquisition of Westinghouse’s non-nuclear instrumentation and controls business in 1998.

“This agreement continues the partnership that Westinghouse and Emerson established in 1998,” said Michele M. DeWitt, vice president of Westinghouse Electric Company’s Repair, Replacement & Automation Services, who points out that Emerson’s Ovation or WDPF® control systems – or Westinghouse’s previous-generation systems such as the 7300 analogue control system – already exist in virtually all Westinghouse-built Pressurised Water Reactors (PWRs).

“We look forward to continuing this relationship – a relationship that in addition to being mutually beneficial to our respective institutions and stakeholders, also offers tremendous value to our customers,” she concluded.

Ovation, WDPF and PlantWeb are marks owned by one of the Emerson Process Management legal entities. Other marks are the property of their respective owners.

For more information about Westinghouse, visit www.westinghousenuclear.com. For more information about the Westinghouse AP1000™, visit www.westinghousenuclear.com/AP1000/index.shtm

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