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==Background==
 
==Background==
Westinghouse Electric Company, currently being sold by [[BNFL]] to Toshiba, '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'. {{ref|west}} {{ref|biog}}
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Westinghouse Electric Company, currently being sold by [[BNFL]] to Toshiba, &#39;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&#39;. <ref>[http://www.bnfl.com/content.php?pageID=69&newsID=248 BNFL press release &#39;BNFL, Toshiba Agree to Sale of Westinghouse&#39;], 6 February, 2006.</ref> <ref>[http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/D5.asp Westinghouse website: &#39;Company Overview&#39;], undated, accessed February, 2006.</ref>
  
It was acquired by BNFL in March 1999. It currently employs almost 9,000 people worldwide. Headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, the company now has operations in twelve US states and fourteen countries, and annual sales of some US$1.8bn. {{ref|biog}}
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It was acquired by BNFL in March 1999. It currently employs almost 9,000 people worldwide. Headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, the company now has operations in twelve US states and fourteen countries, and annual sales of some US$1.8bn. <ref>[http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/D5.asp Westinghouse website: &#39;Company Overview&#39;], undated, accessed February, 2006.</ref>
  
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|biog}}
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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://www.westinghousenuclear.com/D5.asp Westinghouse website: &#39;Company Overview&#39;], undated, accessed February, 2006.</ref>
  
It controls Britain's only nuclear fuel manufacturing site, Springfield Fuels. {{ref|west}}
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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 &#39;BNFL, Toshiba Agree to Sale of Westinghouse&#39;], 6 February, 2006.</ref>
  
 
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==PR & Lobbying==
In 2008, Westinghouse is listed as a past or current client of The [[Gorlin Group]]<ref>The Gorlin Group [http://www.gorlingroup.com/ Clients] Accessed 20th March 2008</ref>
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In 2008, Westinghouse is listed as a past or current client of The [[Gorlin Group]].<ref>The Gorlin Group [http://www.gorlingroup.com/ Clients], accessed 20th March 2008</ref>
 
 
==External links==
 
* {{note|west}} [http://www.bnfl.com/content.php?pageID=69&newsID=248 BNFL press release &#39;BNFL, Toshiba Agree to Sale of Westinghouse&#39;], February 6, 2006.
 
* {{note|biog}} [http://www.westinghousenuclear.com/D5.asp Westinghouse website: &#39;Company Overview&#39;], undated, accessed February 2006.
 
  
 
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Background

Westinghouse Electric Company, currently being sold by BNFL to Toshiba, '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'. [1] [2]

It was acquired by BNFL in March 1999. It currently employs almost 9,000 people worldwide. Headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, the company now has operations in twelve US states and fourteen countries, and annual sales of some US$1.8bn. [3]

Nearly 50 percent of the nuclear power plants in operation worldwide, and nearly 60 percent in the United States, are based on Westinghouse technology. [4]

It controls Britain's only nuclear fuel manufacturing site, Springfield Fuels. [5]

PR & Lobbying

In 2008, Westinghouse is listed as a past or current client of The Gorlin Group.[6]

References

  1. BNFL press release 'BNFL, Toshiba Agree to Sale of Westinghouse', 6 February, 2006.
  2. Westinghouse website: 'Company Overview', undated, accessed February, 2006.
  3. Westinghouse website: 'Company Overview', undated, accessed February, 2006.
  4. Westinghouse website: 'Company Overview', undated, accessed February, 2006.
  5. BNFL press release 'BNFL, Toshiba Agree to Sale of Westinghouse', 6 February, 2006.
  6. The Gorlin Group Clients, accessed 20th March 2008