Tours

Please note that for both tours ASME will be required to share your contact information with the facility for security approval prior to the tour. By registering for a tour you are agreeing to ASME sharing your information with either Westinghouse or Siemens.

Each spring and fall Westinghouse executes a series of outages at nuclear power plants across the United States. It is extremely important that these outages are executed efficiently and that emergent issues are dealt with on an expedited basis. Westinghouse provides outage services anywhere from approximately 20 to 40 customer sites each outage season (Spring & Fall). This requires Westinghouse to staff anywhere from 2,000 to 2,500 positions utilizing approximately 800 personnel. In order to achieve efficiency and predictability in execution Westinghouse has an extensive training program which utilizes two training bays equipped with mock-ups and equipment to effectively prepare personnel for site operations. Tooling sophistication varies from the simplistic to complex robotic systems. The deployment of personnel and equipment along with the day-to-day response to on-going outage operations proves to be quite a logistical endeavor. Westinghouse has developed process and procedures along with a Westinghouse Outage Control Center to manage the complexity of outage operations across multiple sites. Westinghouse invites you to come tour our facility and engage in outage service execution discussion.

The tour is scheduled to take place from 9:00AM – 12:00 pm. Visitors are reminded that they must wear closed-toed shoes and no photography is permitted on the premises. This tour will be open to the first 20 participants who register. Attendance will be subject to approval.

POLICY
The Waltz Mill Site will remain in compliance with all Westinghouse and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Site EHS Requirements

1. Employees/Outsourced Services/Staff Supplementation Contractors, and Visitors shall not come to the site if they are sick with a contagious respiratory illness.
2. COVID-19 specific: for access to the Waltz Mill Site ALL OF THE following requirements must be met:
   The person may NOT currently have any of the following of symptoms:
   • Coughing, sneezing
   • Fever
   • Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing
   • Early symptoms of acute respiratory illness such as chills, body aches, sore throat, headache, diarrhea, nausea/vomiting, runny nose, muscle pain
   • New loss of taste or smell
3. If required, Westinghouse will provide all required PPE, including face coverings, to any personnel on site. Individuals may use their own face covering so long as it does not create a hazard or violate any other policy.

We are known as the Pittsburgh Service Center (PSC). PSC is a multi-purpose location that provides tooling and project management in support of power plant outages. The facility is approximate 367,000 sq. feet, the office is 44,000 sq. feet, and the remaining 323,000 sq. feet provides warehousing, field service tooling, tooling repair/fabrication, and space for training and development. As part of training and development space, Siemens Energy maintains actual power plant components such as generator stators and rotors, turbine rotors, and other plant equipment. The facility is used to support generator turbine outages as well as providing NDE services to evaluate plant equipment. The shop/tool depot includes large and small machines and crane capacities up to 25 tons. The tour is scheduled to take place from 9:00AM – 12:00 pm. Visitors are reminded that proper attire (i.e. no shorts, athletic attire) they must wear closed-toed shoes and no photography is permitted on the premises.

This tour will be open to the first 20 participants who register. Attendance will be subject to approval. Attendees cannot be affiliated with direct competitors of Siemens Energy, i.e. turbine-generator equipment or service/testing providers, non-destructive testing provider, or any third party provider of same. Affiliation will be required at registration and Siemens Energy reserves right to restrict admittance for any reason. Prohibited items include firearms/weapons of any type, drugs or alcohol, and any item prohibited by law.