The Westinghouse facility in Cranberry Township

Westinghouse Electric has announced it has signed a contract for the dismantling of the reactor coolant systems of two VVER-440 units at the Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant in Slovakia.

The contract is with Jadrová a vyraďovacia spoločnos. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is funding the project.

The scope of the contract covers the pre-dismantling decontamination, dismantling, and fragmentation of power reactor pressure vessels, power reactor internal components and other power reactor structures, systems and components of Bohunice V1.

It also includes material and waste management in accordance with Slovak and European Union regulations.

A full report will appear in the Cranberry Eagle.