Hitachi
Hitachi Ltd is a global company, headquartered in Japan, with a significant interest in nuclear energy.
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UK nuclear plans
In October 2012, it announced the acquisition of Horizon Nuclear Power from E.ON and RWE. The deal is expected to be completed at the end of November and Hitachi says it will then start "leading a programme of building new nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom". It also announced deals with Rolls Royce and Babcock International to join Hitachi in delivering the programme. Hitachi said that the deal heralded the start of "100 year commitment" to the UK.[1]
Horizon has the rights to build reactors at Wylfa on Anglesey, north Wales, and Oldbury in Gloucestershire and Hitachi plans to build two or three new stations at each site, which would start generating electricity in the "first half of the 2020s". Hitachi beat off a rival bid for Horizon from a consortium led by US nuclear engineering company Westinghouse.[2]
However, the BBC reported that a senior Hitcahi executive acknowledged that beyond the announced acquisition price the company has not yet fully committed to invest anything at all.[3]
People
Hiroaki Nakanishi is Hitachi's President
Board members are:
- Takashi Kawamura, Chairman
- Mitsuo Ohashi
- Nobuo Katsumata
- George Buckley
- Harufumi Mochizuki
- Tohru Motobayashi
- Philip Yeo
- Michijiro Kikawa
- Stephen Gomersall
- Hiroaki Nakanishi
- Takashi Hatchoji
- Takashi Miyoshi
Masaharu Hanyu is the Vice President, Executive Officer, Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Systems and General Manager of Nuclear Systems Division[4]
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Notes
- ↑ Hitachi Announces the Acquisition of Horizon Nuclear Power, Hitachi, 30 October 2012
- ↑ Hitachi buys right to build next generation of British nuclear plants, The Guardian, 30 October 2012
- ↑ Jorn Madslien, Hitachi's nuclear deal still faces hurdles, BBC News website, 30 October 2012
- ↑ Executive officers, Hitachi, undated, accessed 3 November 2012
