Westinghouse, Curtiss-Wright successfully test AP1000 reactor coolant pump

Curtiss-Wright effectively performed qualification of the RCP at its Flow Control business segment's Electro-Mechanical Division (EMD) facility in Cheswick, Pennsylvania.

The conclusion of qualification testing of the AP1000 RCP, including 50 service cycles and more than 500 total operating hours, has cleared the way for installation of the RCPs at Sanmen Unit 1 in China, the first AP1000 reactor to be built in the world.

The shipment of the first two RCPs for Sanmen 1 is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2012.
"The RCPs will now support many years of safe and reliable operation of AP1000 plants to produce the much needed electricity and jobs to sustain and grow economies, not only in China, but here in the US and elsewhere in the world," said Ric Perez, chief operating officer of Westinghouse Electric Company. "Helping to build infrastructure and promote energy development in the countries in which we do business while also creating jobs and infrastructure in the US is our standard approach to international business."

Curtiss-Wright will build 16 RCPs for the first two AP1000 plants in China at its expanded EMD facility in Cheswick. Each plant is supported by two AP1000 reactors, while each reactor holds four reactor coolant pumps. 
Westinghouse, Curtiss-Wright successfully test AP1000 reactor coolant pump