Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation (株式会社東芝 Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba?) is a Japanese multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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Background
Nuclear interests
Westinghouse majority owner
In October 2006 BNFL sold Westinghouse to Toshiba and its partners The Shaw Group and IHI.[1] Toshiba later sold 10 percent of its interest to Kazatamprom, a company based in Kazakhastan. In September 2011 Toshiba bought out the Shaw Group's 20 per cent stake in Westinghouse and now controls 87 per cent of the firm. [2]
Nearly half of all nuclear power plants operating globally, and nearly 60 percent in the United States, are based on Westinghouse technology. In 2006 Westinghouse’s AP1000 became the first Generation III+ pressurised water reactor to receive Design Certification from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.[3]
=Fukushima
In 1970 Toshiba built unit 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant[4] which was damaged in the earthquake on 14 March 14, 2011.
In April 2011 CEO Norio Sasaki declared nuclear energy would "remain as a strong option" even after the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.[5]
Affiliations
People
Contact, Resources and Notes
Contact
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Resources
Notes
- ↑ Toshiba completes Westinghouse acquisition, Westinghouse Press Release 17 October 2006, accessed 29 August 2012.
- ↑ The Associated Press, Shaw Group to sell its stake in Westinghouse, 6 September 6, 2011, accessed 9 September 2012.
- ↑ Timeline 2000-2007, Westinghouse website, accessed 29 August 2012.
- ↑ Nuclear Reactor Maps: Fukushima-Daiichi. Nuclear Transparency in the Asia Pacific. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
- ↑ Silver lining in sight for makers of solar panels. The Japan Times online. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
