PITTSBURGH, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company has
won a contract valued at approximately $200 million for scope in support of
the completion of TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2, which is located
near Spring City, Tenn.

    Westinghouse's scope includes: upgrade and replacement of most I&C
systems, supply of new reactor coolant pumps, steam generator services,
crane replacement and upgrades, Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA), NSSS
plant design engineering services, drive rods, licensing services and
safety analysis.

    The TVA-planned project duration is 54 months with commercial operation
of the unit scheduled for early 2012.

    Watts Bar Unit 2, a Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), was
approximately 80-percent complete when the utility halted construction in
1985, citing a projected decrease in electricity demand. In 2007, TVA
announced that it would complete Unit 2 and that Bechtel Power Corp. would
lead the engineering, procurement and construction work. Westinghouse was
invited to develop a proposal relative to potential project scope.

    "We are so pleased to be part of this important project, which is yet
another positive for the nuclear industry," said Ric Perez, senior vice
president, Westinghouse Nuclear Services.

    Work will begin immediately on long lead and critical path items such
as reactor coolant pumps, I&C safety systems, PRA and modifications to
existing cranes to support site activities.

    When completed, Watts Bar Unit 2 will provide more than 1,200 megawatts
of electricity -- enough power to serve about 650,000 Tennessee Valley
homes.

    Westinghouse, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, is the world's
pioneering nuclear power company and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant
products and technologies to utilities throughout the world. Westinghouse
technology today is the basis for approximately one-half of the world's
operating nuclear plants.

    TVA is the nation's largest public power provider, supplying power to
large industries and 158 power distributors that serve approximately 8.7
million consumers in seven southeastern states.


SOURCE Westinghouse Electric Company