Westinghouse Appoints William C. Burns President of Crane Subsidiary
Westinghouse Electric Company announced the appointment of William C. Burns as president of subsidiary company PaR Nuclear, effective immediately. (PRNewsFoto/Westinghouse Electric Company)
PITTSBURGH, PA UNITED STATES
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company announced the appointment of William C. Burns as president of subsidiary company PaR Nuclear, effective immediately.
In making the announcement, Westinghouse Field Services Vice President David Howell said: "PaR Nuclear will play a significant role in support of crane projects for the AP1000(TM) nuclear plants that Westinghouse will be providing throughout the world. Bill, therefore, will be leading PaR Nuclear during an important and exciting time both for Westinghouse and the global nuclear power industry. He will also, of course, be responsible for expanding our traditional fuel-handling and critical-crane business as we work cooperatively with our customers to further enhance the performance of the global operating fleet of nuclear power plants."
Mr. Burns has held positions of increasing responsibility during his 30 years with Westinghouse. He joined PaR Nuclear in 2008, and has served as acting president of the subsidiary since June 2009. Before joining PaR Nuclear he was manager of Fuel Services and Reactor Technology Operations in the PWR Reactor Services section of Westinghouse's Field Services segment.
With headquarters in Shoreview, Minn. (USA), PaR Nuclear, a wholly owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company, provides fuel-handling equipment, outage critical cranes and outage support services for commercial nuclear power plants worldwide. Additional information about PaR Nuclear is available on the company's web site at www.parnuclear.com.
Westinghouse Electric Company, a group company of Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), 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 supplied the world's first commercial PWR in 1957 in Shippingport, Pennsylvania (USA). Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis for more than 40 percent of the world's operating nuclear plants, including 60 percent of those in the United States. Information about Westinghouse Electric Company and the AP1000(TM) nuclear power plant is available on the company's web site at www.westinghousenuclear.com.
