US high-pressure pumps go to ailing Japan reactor

From Yahoo! News: The US military said Wednesday it had delivered high-pressure water pumps to Japan to help cool a stricken nuclear power plant as part of the US aid effort amid Japan's worst crisis since World War II.

"High-pressure water pumps were offloaded from USNS Safeguard in Yokosuka last night and delivered to Yokota Air Force Base for further transfer to the government of Japan for employment at the Fukushima power plant," the US Pacific Fleet said in a statement.

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Curtiss-Wright Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Order from Westinghouse

Curtiss-Wright Corporation announced today in a news release that it has signed an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC to provide reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for up to four AP1000(TM) Generation III+ commercial nuclear power plants or a total of 32 RCPs.

In conjunction with the agreement, Curtiss-Wright has received purchase orders valued in excess of $300 million to supply the first 24 domestic AP1000 RCPs. The RCPs will be used in Westinghouse's AP1000 design reactors which will produce 1,100 megawatts each. Curtiss-Wright's Electro-Mechanical Division (CW-EMD), a division of the Flow Control segment, will produce the RCPs at its Cheswick, PA facility.

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Curtiss-Wright Awarded Multi-Million Dollar Order from Westinghouse

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