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In 1998, the Westinghouse Power Generation Business unit was sold to Siemens of Germany. In 1999, CBS Corporation sold its nuclear business (Westinghouse Electric Company) to British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL) [4] and a year later CBS Corporation was merged into Viacom (1971–2005), putting an end to the original Westinghouse.
The two new reactors, which will provide a total of 2,300 megawatts, will use Westinghouse’s technology, the government said in a statement. Earlier this year, U.S.-based nuclear equipment ...
The failure of SCANA and Westinghouse to build the nuclear plant in Fairfield County, a surprise development announced in July 2017, threw thousands of people out of work and led to a buyout of ...
The Westinghouse nuclear fuel plant southeast of Columbia has gained federal approval to operate another four decades. Despite troubles, SC nuclear fuel plant gets new 40-year operating license ...
Westinghouse Electric Corporation changed its name to and became the original CBS Corporation in 1997. [18] Also in 1997, the Power Generation Business Unit, headquartered in Orlando, Florida, was sold to Siemens AG of Germany. [19] A year later, CBS sold all of its commercial nuclear power businesses to British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL). [20]
The plant is Missouri's only nuclear power plant and is close to Fulton, Missouri. [2] The 2,767 acres (1,120 ha) site began operations on December 19, 1984. It generates electricity from one 1,190- megawatt Westinghouse four-loop pressurized water reactor and a General Electric turbine - generator .
The Westinghouse nuclear fuel factory southeast of Columbia has had plenty of troubles. But it’s a major player in the nuclear energy industry. Despite water pollution and nuclear spills, SC ...
The Virgil C. Summer nuclear station in 2013. The Nukegate scandal was a political and legal scandal that arose from the abandonment of the Virgil C. Summer nuclear expansion project in South Carolina by South Carolina Electric & Gas (SCE&G) and the South Carolina Public Service Authority (known as Santee Cooper) in 2017.