Westinghouse Electric Company installs 3D printed part in commercial nuclear reactor - 3D Printing Media Network

Westinghouse Electric Company installs 3D printed part in commercial nuclear reactor - 3D Printing Media Network: A significant milestone for additive manufacturing has been achieved in the nuclear industry: a first-of-its-kind 3D printed component has successfully been installed into a commercial nuclear reactor. The part, a 3D printed thimble plugging device, was installed by nuclear energy company Westinghouse Electric Company at Exelon's Byron Unit 1 nuclear plant during its spring refueling outage. The adoption of additive manufacturing in the nuclear sector has been somewhat slower than in other industries, but there have been some notable moments in recent years. In 2017, for instance, Siemens became the first company to complete the commercial installation of a 3D