Westinghouse enters joint venture for zirconium plant

Westinghouse Electric and the State Nuclear Baoti Zirconium have agreed to build and operate a nuclear grade zirconium sponge plant. It will be located at Nantong in the Jiangsu Province.

State Nuclear Baoti Zirconium Industry Company, Ltd. is owned by the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation, Ltd. And the Baoti Group, a leading titanium fabrication company in China.

The plant will supply nuclear grade sponge to the China market and to Westinghouse's Western Zirconium Plant in Ogden, Utah.

The new joint venture plant in China is expected to be completed in 2011 and will start providing products in 2012.