Curtiss-Wright's Electro-Mechanical Corporation, part of its Flow Control segment, will engineer and manufacture the pumps, seals and drive rods at its Cheswick, PA facility.

"We are very pleased to be a part of this major project, which is a strong signal that nuclear power will be a major player in meeting the growing demand for nuclear power in the U.S.," said Curtiss-Wright Chairman and CEO Martin R. Benante. "With electricity demand on the rise, the value of nuclear power technology as the most efficient and environmentally friendly source of energy available today is clearly being reassessed."

Unit 1 has been operating for over 10 years. Watts Bar Unit 2 is approximately 60 percent complete. In August 2007, TVA's board of directors approved a five-year, 2.5 billion dollar plan to finish the unfinished unit.
The plan to complete Watts Bar Unit 2 is expected to last 54 months, with the reactor scheduled to enter commercial operation in early 2012. It would be the 105th nuclear power reactor in the United States. Westinghouse was the original supplier of the two Watts Bar reactors and CW-EMD was the original supplier of the reactor cooling pumps.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a company headquartered in Roseland, N.J. The company designs, manufactures and overhauls products for motion control and flow control applications, and provides a variety of metal treatment services. The firm employs about 7,600 people worldwide.

Curtiss-Wright Flow Control specializes in the design and manufacture of highly engineered valves, pumps, motors, generators, electronics and related products for the commercial nuclear power industry, oil and gas processing facilities, and a range of critical military programs. Based in Falls Church, VA, the company has 3,000 employees worldwide and is the Flow Control operating segment of Curtiss-Wright Corp.