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Congratulations to Vogtle 3&4 Team on Ap1000® Plant Module Placement

October 24, 2014 by Jeff Benjamin

Categories: Next-Gen Plants

October 24, 2014 - Congratulations to the AP1000 plant team at the Vogtle site in Georgia on its latest achievement: successfully placing the CA05 structural module for Vogtle Unit 3.

At Your Service: Westinghouse Outage Control Centers

September 18, 2014 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: General Topics

The Westinghouse Outage Control Center is an innovative, high-tech operation that provides vital central monitoring and response to our utility customers’ outage operations at nuclear power plant sites 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week during outage seasons.

60th Anniversary of Shippingport Groundbreaking

September 9, 2014 by Mark Marano

Categories: Legacy

Mark Marano is president of the Americas Region for Westinghouse Electric Company. Sixty years ago this month, ground was broken on a project that shaped the future of the entire nuclear industry. Work on the Shippingport Atomic Power Station – the world’s very first commercial nuclear reactor – officially began on September 9, 1954. Located just outside of Pittsburgh in Shippingport, Pennsylvania (USA), this Westinghouse-designed pressurized water reactor (PWR) spurred innovation in an industry that continues to gain global importance and recognition today.

Westinghouse Employee Featured on NEI Blog

August 28, 2014 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: General Topics

August 28, 2014 - A blog post by Laura Goossen, Westinghouse Nuclear Safety Culture program manager, is currently featured on theNuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) Nuclear Notes blog

Welcome to Nuclear Innovations!

August 11, 2014 by Westinghouse Electric Company

Categories: General Topics

August 11, 2014 - Innovation has been the cornerstone of Westinghouse Electric Company since it was founded by George Westinghouse in 1886.  In our 128-year history, the company has been responsible for some of the world’s greatest technological and nuclear achievements, including: