Categories: General Topics
George Westinghouse was an innovator who made the world a safer place with his inventions, and his legacy reflects that today. Safety continues to be of the utmost importance in everything we do at Westinghouse Electric Company. How are Westinghouse employees continuing George Westinghouse’s legacy of safety? Learn more below.
Categories: Outreach
This year marks the ninth in a row that Westinghouse Women in Nuclear (WIN) has presented a scholarship award to a graduating female student. This year’s winner is Regina Munsch, and after reviewing her application, it’s easy to see that she holds a real love for all things math and science. As a result of her excellent academic endeavors, Regina will be primed and positioned to achieve success when she heads off to college this fall to study Industrial Engineering.
Categories: Legacy
In the 19th century, most trains had cars with individuals braking systems. The brakeman was responsible for getting to each car – sometimes by walking atop the moving train – to apply the brakes manually. Tracks weren’t level. Cold and wet weather posed slip-and-fall hazards. Common injuries ranged from frostbite and hypothermia to lost fingers or, even worse, death beneath the train’s wheels.
Categories: Legacy
It was 70 years ago this month that the UK government announced that the now Westinghouse Springfields site, previously a war-time munitions factory, would become the country’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility. These were exciting times – the nuclear industry was in its infancy and at the forefront of technology – and Springfields was involved right from the very beginning.
Categories: General Topics
Westinghouse's legacy of innovation has been thriving for more than 40 years at the Hot Cell Facility at its newly renovated Churchill Laboratories in Churchill, Pa. (USA).
