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| − | Westinghouse Electric Company was sold by [[BNFL]] to Toshiba in October 2006. <ref> [http://onlinepressroom.net/westinghousenuclear/ Toshiba completes Westinghouse acquisition], Westinghouse Press Release 17th October 2006, accesssed August 2012.</ref> The company offers a wide range of nuclear plant products and services to utilities throughout the world, including fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control, and advanced nuclear plant designs. Nearly 50 percent of the nuclear power plants in operation worldwide, and nearly 60 percent in the United States, are based on Westinghouse technology. <ref> [http://westinghousenuclear.com/Our_Company/visions_values.shtm Vision and Values], Westinghouse website, accessed August 2012.</ref> | + | Westinghouse Electric Company was sold by [[BNFL]] to Toshiba in October 2006. <ref> [http://onlinepressroom.net/westinghousenuclear/ Toshiba completes Westinghouse acquisition], Westinghouse Press Release 17th October 2006, accesssed August 2012.</ref> The company offers a wide range of nuclear plant products and services to utilities throughout the world, including fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control, and advanced nuclear plant designs. Nearly 50 percent of the nuclear power plants in operation worldwide, and nearly 60 percent in the United States, are based on Westinghouse technology. It currently employs almost 14,000 people worldwide.<ref> [http://westinghousenuclear.com/Our_Company/visions_values.shtm Vision and Values], Westinghouse website, accessed August 2012.</ref> |
| − | + | Westinghouse Electric Company was acquired by BNFL in March 1999. <ref> [http://westinghousenuclear.com/Our_Company/history/Timeline/1980_1999.shtm Timeline 1980-1999], Westinghouse website, accessed August 2012. </ref> In 2000 the commercial nuclear power businesses of ABB purchased by BNFL and integrated into Westinghouse Electric Company. Then in 2006 Toshiba Corp. and its partners, The Shaw Group and IHI, acquired Westinghouse from BNFL. <ref> [http://westinghousenuclear.com/Our_Company/history/Timeline/2000_2007.shtm Timeline 2000-2007], Westinghouse website, accessed August 2012.</ref> | |
| − | + | It controls Britain's only nuclear fuel manufacturing site, [[Springfield Fuels]]. <ref>[http://www.bnfl.com/content.php?pageID=69&newsID=248 BNFL press release 'BNFL, Toshiba Agree to Sale of Westinghouse'], 6 February, 2006.</ref> | |
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| + | In 2006 Westinghouse’s AP1000 becomes the first Generation III+ pressurized water reactor to receive Design Certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. | ||
==PR & Lobbying== | ==PR & Lobbying== | ||
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Background
Westinghouse Electric Company was sold by BNFL to Toshiba in October 2006. [1] The company offers a wide range of nuclear plant products and services to utilities throughout the world, including fuel, service and maintenance, instrumentation and control, and advanced nuclear plant designs. Nearly 50 percent of the nuclear power plants in operation worldwide, and nearly 60 percent in the United States, are based on Westinghouse technology. It currently employs almost 14,000 people worldwide.[2]
Westinghouse Electric Company was acquired by BNFL in March 1999. [3] In 2000 the commercial nuclear power businesses of ABB purchased by BNFL and integrated into Westinghouse Electric Company. Then in 2006 Toshiba Corp. and its partners, The Shaw Group and IHI, acquired Westinghouse from BNFL. [4]
It controls Britain's only nuclear fuel manufacturing site, Springfield Fuels. [5]
In 2006 Westinghouse’s AP1000 becomes the first Generation III+ pressurized water reactor to receive Design Certification from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
PR & Lobbying
- In 2010 Westinghouse was listed as a client of Gardant Communications.
- In 2008, Westinghouse was listed as a past or current client of The Gorlin Group.[6]
People
- Mike Tynan, Vice President & Managing Director, Westinghouse - attended Nuclear Development Forum on 27 October 2011 [7]
Affiliations
References
- ↑ Toshiba completes Westinghouse acquisition, Westinghouse Press Release 17th October 2006, accesssed August 2012.
- ↑ Vision and Values, Westinghouse website, accessed August 2012.
- ↑ Timeline 1980-1999, Westinghouse website, accessed August 2012.
- ↑ Timeline 2000-2007, Westinghouse website, accessed August 2012.
- ↑ BNFL press release 'BNFL, Toshiba Agree to Sale of Westinghouse', 6 February, 2006.
- ↑ The Gorlin Group Clients, accessed 20th March, 2008.
- ↑ Department of Energy and Climate Change, Nuclear Development Forum 27 October 2011, 12noon – 2pm List of Attendees
Resources
For further information, see relevant SourceWatch page Westinghouse Electric Company
