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Westinghouse Selects Outstanding Scholars for Prestigious U.S. Internships

University Engineering Students from Across Poland Spend Summer in Nuclear Industry

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 12, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company has selected 15 university students with outstanding academic and leadership credentials from Poland to participate in a summer internship program. The interns are engineering students from various Polish technical universities and while in the United States, they will work at the corporate headquarters and the company’s offices in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Energoatom and Westinghouse Begin AP1000® Plant License Process in Ukraine

Feasibility Study Contract Signed for Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 11, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company announced a new contract with Energoatom, Ukraine’s national nuclear power company. In the agreement, Westinghouse will provide AP1000® plant technical information in support of Energoatom’s feasibility study update for the construction of two AP1000 reactors at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Ukraine.

Westinghouse Announces Organizational Changes to Support Next Phase of Strategic Growth

Structure Further Strengthens Global Operational and Commercial Excellence

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 5, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company today announced organizational and structural changes to further drive the company’s growth strategy and enhance customer engagement. Notably, Westinghouse is creating a dedicated Global Markets organization and realigning its portfolio of installed fleet services into two global business units with responsibility for Operating Plant Services and Nuclear Fuel.

Westinghouse Appoints Jacques Besnainou Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer

Industry-Recognized Leader to Spearhead Global Commercial Activities

Cranberry Township, PA, July, 5, 2022 – Westinghouse Electric Company has named Jacques Besnainou as Executive Vice President, Global Markets and Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Besnainou will lead Westinghouse’s global commercial strategy to deliver integrated enterprise-wide solutions and deepen customer relationships.

Out of This World: Westinghouse Design Takes Nuclear Power to Outer Space

NASA and U.S. Department of Energy Name Westinghouse an Artemis Concept Awardee

Cranberry Township, PA, June 29, 2022 – NASA, in partnership with Battelle Energy Alliance, contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL), has selected Westinghouse Electric Company to provide an initial design concept for a fission surface power system that could be ready to launch to the Moon by the end of the decade.