For an overview of the Company, click here.
Westinghouse Electric Company is now fully committed to the commercial nuclear power industry, but the company traces its roots back to 1886, when it was founded by
George Westinghouse, acknowledged during his lifetime as the world’s greatest engineer. During the 20th century, Westinghouse scientists and engineers were granted more than 28,000 U.S. government patents, the third most of any company.
Throughout its
long history, the name Westinghouse has been associated with a large number of significant achievements, mostly related to electricity and electronics. Among the company’s milestones:
- The first commercial alternating current power generating station (1886)
- The first commercial radio broadcast (1920)
- The first diesel-electric rail car (1929)
- The first industrial atom-smasher (1937)
- The electronic amplifier to improve X-ray images (1948)
- The first commercial PWR nuclear plant (1957)
Additionally, Westinghouse provided the cameras that enabled the world to watch man's first walk on the moon in 1969.
Today’s Westinghouse Electric Company continues to find innovative ways of applying nuclear power technology for the advancement of the world’s economies.
