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Westinghouse Prepares for Global Growth

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2016 - Furthering its Right to Grow strategy, today Westinghouse Electric Company announced management assignments as part of its global business strategy. This alignment helps Westinghouse deliver on its strategy to be a customer-centric, global technology company. Through this transition, Westinghouse will be further aligned to enhance commercial and marketing development in its operating regions – the Americas, Asia, and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), while leveraging deep industry knowledge for emerging product lines in established markets.

Westinghouse Wins Outage Service Contract With Tennessee Valley Authority Nuclear Plants

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18, 2016 - Westinghouse Electric Company has been selected by Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide refueling outage and inspection services for the Westinghouse-designed pressurized water reactors at Watts Bar Units 1 and 2 and Sequoyah Units 1 and 2.

Westinghouse Selected to Perform Decommissioning Activities at Sellafield

CHORLEY, United Kingdom, Jan. 27, 2016 - Westinghouse Electric Company has been selected by Sellafield Ltd to conduct decommissioning activities under two separate Decommissioning Framework Agreements, as part of two consortia, deemed Framework partners by Sellafield Ltd.

Westinghouse Celebrates 130 Years of Energy Innovation

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 8, 2016 - Today, Westinghouse Electric Company honors George Westinghouse’s spirit of innovation on the 130th anniversary of the founding of Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Westinghouse First to Demonstrate UK's Readiness for SMR Fuel Fabrication

CHORLEY, United Kingdom, Jan. 7, 2016 - Today, Westinghouse Electric Company announced that the company’s Springfields facility in the United Kingdom has reached the requirements necessary to manufacture Westinghouse Small Modular Reactor (SMR) fuel. A key first for the U.K.’s SMR program, this readiness milestone is an important part of Westinghouse’s proposed partnership with the U.K. government to deploy SMR technology – a move that would advance the U.K. to becoming a global provider of the latest nuclear energy technology.

Westinghouse Completes Acquisition of CB&I Stone & Webster Inc.

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 4, 2016Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that the company received U.S. government approval Dec. 31, 2015, to complete the company's acquisition of CB&I Stone & Webster Inc., the nuclear construction and integrated services business of CB&I.  Westinghouse announced on Oct. 27, 2015, that the company had signed a definitive agreement to acquire CB&I Stone & Webster Inc.

Westinghouse Grid Area Team Manager

A constant focus on safety. Clear communication with team members. These are a few ways Westinghouse’s Alfrica Sharber supports our Columbia, S.C. (USA) site in delivering high-quality products for the nuclear industry. Learn more about Alfrica and her role in this video.

Quality Control Manager Drives Innovation at Westinghouse

Passionate and dedicated employees like Quality Control Manager Nicole Stadelman help to keep Westinghouse at the forefront of the nuclear industry. Learn more about Nicole and how our quality controls are driven by innovative thinking in this video.

Westinghouse CEO Speaks at White House Nuclear Energy Summit

Touts Role of Nuclear in Combating Climate Change

Danny Roderick, Westinghouse Electric Company president and CEO, drove home the message that nuclear energy is a vital resource in combating climate change globally.

Westinghouse Electric Company Celebrates KDKA’s 95th Anniversary

Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and now Westinghouse Electric Company, have a long and proud legacy of developing and introducing innovations that have revolutionized our world and benefitted society. Since the company’s founding in 1886, industrial “firsts” have included the invention of electric power distribution for alternating current, locomotive air brakes, natural gas distribution, commercial pressurized water reactors and nuclear-powered submarines.