Knowledgeable Westinghouse employees speak to schools and community organizations in their settings on the benefits, uses and misconceptions of nuclear energy.

Specific topics covered include:

• Electricity from Nuclear Energy
• Electrical Safety
• Forms of Energy
• Careers in Engineering
• The Fission Process
• Low Level Waste Transportation and Disposal
• What is Radiation?
• The Role of Nuclear Science and Technology
• Nuclear Safety

Prepared presentations stimulate conversation between members of the audience and the speaker, and questions are answered articulately and in layman's terms.

Here are some comments received from high school students about the Speakers Bureau:

• "Students felt the presentations were very interesting and informative."
  
  
• "The students really got the hands-on engineering activities presented by the speaker."
  
  
• "A presentation was given that was geared to the high school level, which was very well done."
  
  
• "The presenter gave an excellent presentation."

Held in the spring and fall, workshops educate teachers on how to instruct students on the uses and benefits of nuclear energy. Accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, teachers attending a workshop receive Continuing Professional Education Act 48 hours through the Allegheny Intermediate Unit.

Our N-Vision Student Workshop team, made up of a group of Westinghouse engineers, will visit schools for a one-day workshop to teach high school students in advance science and/or math the following subjects: Careers in Engineering, Forms of Energy, and What is Nuclear Energy. At least one hands-on activity will be conducted. This curriculum can change according to a teacher's needs.

This grant will be awarded to schools that exhibit creativity in science, technology and mathematics education of middle and high school students. Five schools (middle and high) will be awarded $1,000 each for any creative project dealing with energy, math, science or technology. For more information and to apply for this grant, go to the Communities section of the Westinghouse web site and click on "School Grant Program.”

Students in middle and high schools are asked to prepare a three to five minute video on the positive forms of energy, including nuclear energy. There are two categories of entry - middle and high school levels. Students who produce the winning video in each category will receive $100 and the school of the student will receive $3,000. For more information and to apply for this grant, go to the Communities section of the Westinghouse web site and click on "Student Video Contest.”