Westinghouse Awarded Contract for Advanced Plant Computer Systems

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Westinghouse Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract worth over $4 million to supply advanced plant computer systems to Public Service Electric & Gas Company's Salem Nuclear Station in New Jersey. The new systems, based on Westinghouse's WDPFII Distributed Control System Architecture, will replace the plant's original computers and provide operators with high-resolution graphics and multiple windows to view plant processes, trends, or historical data simultaneously.

Key Takeaways:

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract valued at over $4 million to supply advanced plant computer systems to Public Service Electric & Gas Company's Salem Nuclear Station.
  • The new systems, based on Westinghouse's WDPFII Distributed Control System Architecture, will replace the plant's original Westinghouse P250 computers.
  • The Distributed Plant Information System will provide operators with high-resolution graphics and multiple windows to view plant processes, trends, or historical data simultaneously.
  • The new systems are scheduled to be installed during the plant's 1996 and 1997 refueling outages.
  • Westinghouse has previously delivered similar systems to the Beznau Nuclear Station in Switzerland and the Sizewell-B Nuclear Station in England.
  • Additional systems are on order for the Temelin Nuclear Station in the Czech Republic.
  • Through its Process Control Division, Westinghouse is a world-wide supplier of distributed process control and plant information systems to the power generation, steel, wastewater, and chemical industries.
  • Over 3,000 Westinghouse-designed and manufactured control systems are currently in operation around the world.

Statistics:

  • Contract value: over $4 million
  • Capacity of Salem Nuclear Station: 2 x 1100 megawatt nuclear units
  • Number of Westinghouse-designed and manufactured control systems in operation worldwide: over 3,000
  • Installation schedule: 1996 and 1997 refueling outages
  • Previous deliveries of similar systems: 2 (Beznau Nuclear Station in Switzerland and Sizewell-B Nuclear Station in England)

Sources:

  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation press release, May 18, 1995 (exact quote from the source)
  • PR Newswire, May 18, 1995 (exact quote from the source)
  • Company website: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (no specific date or edition mentioned)