Westinghouse N-Vision Announces Winners of Science Video Contest

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Wed May 27, 2009 1:00pm EDT

- Middle and High School Students Encouraged to Participate 

- To Promote Reflection on Nuclear and Other Energy Sources

PITTSBURGH, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Westinghouse Electric Company announced
today its winning entries for its N-Vision Forms of Energy Contest.  The High
School winning video came from Butler Senior High School located in Butler,
Pa., and was produced by the school's 11th and 12th grade Television
Production class.  The Middle School winning video came from McKinley Middle
School in Racine, Wisc.

Administered through the company's speaker's bureau, N-Vision, the contest is
designed to encourage young persons to think about energy in the context of
worldwide political, economic and environmental realities.

The contest is open to all middle and high schools and the winning videos were
chosen from 25 entries.  To be eligible, each video must outline three key
advantages of nuclear power and two other forms of energy.  The video can be
staged as a short play, commercial, news broadcast, talk show, music video,
documentary, etc.  Students are encouraged to be creative, yet informative.  

Specific guidelines can be found on the Contest Application on Westinghouse's
website at:  www.westinghousenuclear.com and under the "Community"
section/Student Video Contest on Forms of Energy.  

Westinghouse's N-Vision Program encourages education of youth in science,
technology and mathematics.  

Westinghouse Electric Company is the world's pioneering nuclear power company
and is a leading supplier of nuclear plant products and technologies to
utilities throughout the world. Today, Westinghouse technology is the basis
for approximately one-half of the world's operating nuclear plants.

SOURCE  Westinghouse Electric Company

Tracey Rapali of Westinghouse Electric Company, +1-412-374-2092,
rapalit@westinghouse.com
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