British Nuclear Fuels
British Nuclear Fuels plc ( BNFL for short ) was a British state-owned company that offered products and services in the nuclear fuel cycle. As of May 2009, BNFL has not been operating itself.
The spectrum included, among other things
- the planning and design of nuclear reactors
- the production of fresh fuel assemblies (at the Springfields facility )
- Production of MOX fuel elements (in the SMP plant in Sellafield )
- the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel (in the THORP and B205 plants in Sellafield)
- the decommissioning and demolition of nuclear power plants under the supervision of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
BNFL employed 23,000 people in 16 countries.
In 1998, BNFL took over the nuclear division Westinghouse Electric Company from Westinghouse Electric Corporation and renamed it Westinghouse Electric Company . On February 6, 2006, the Japanese group Toshiba signed a contract with BNFL after Toshiba acquired 100 percent of BNFL USA Group Inc. and Westinghouse Electric UK Limited and thus the nuclear division of BNFL for US $ 5.4 billion. This made Toshiba the world's largest manufacturer of nuclear power plants. At the end of March 2017, the Westinghouse Electric Company filed for bankruptcy in order to avoid further effects on the parent company Toshiba. Several rescue plans had previously failed, whereupon the company postponed the balance sheet presentation several times.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of BNFL , "BNFL has no remaining operational activities or businesses." Nov 2, 2009, English
- ↑ Press release on toshiba.co.jp , February 6, 2006, English
- ↑ Article on netzeitung.de: Toshiba wins bidding dispute over Westinghouse ( memento from July 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), February 6, 2006