Westinghouse Electric Company

Westinghouse Develops New Inspection Technique for Sweden’s Oskarshamn Unit 3 Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company with subsidiary WesDyne Sweden AB was selected by OKG AB to develop and qualify techniques and equipment to inspect the core shroud support at OKG AB's Oskarshamn unit 3 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Sweden. The contract scope includes developing and qualifying ultrasonic and eddy current techniques for 70 millimeter thick Inconel 182 welds, as well as two new manipulators to inspect approximately 35 meters in five different weld segments.

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