Reply #38: ...and more re: Cheney-Westinghouse connection

[Whoa_Nelly]

(NOTE: Have used the html link to be able to snip from this article. It's actually a .pdf file that can be accessed through the link at the the top of the web page.)

http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:UDdL_CLnIX8J:www.reachingcriticalwill.org/corporate/dd/DDpdf/bnfl.pdf+cheney+westinghouse&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

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COMPANY HISTORY AND PRODUCTS
In 1971, BNFL was formed as a spin off of the British
g o v e r n m e n t ’s Atomic Energy A u t h o r i t y. But the UK
government remains a 100% shareholder of BNFL. The
company is active in every aspect of the nuclear industry,
and controls 12% of the world’s nuclear activity.
BNFL operates in 15 countries and employs more than
23,000 people. The company’s revenue totaled about $2.5
billion in 2001. In 1998 BNFL merged with Magnox Electric
Company and in 1999 purchased the nuclear business of
Westinghouse Electric Company. Nearly 50% of the
nuclear power plants in operation worldwide and nearly
60% in the United States are based on Westinghouse
technology, owned by BNFL.

THE DIRT THEY MAKE
The company:
Buys, manufactures and manages the processing of
uranium into fuel, known as Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuel.
Operates the largest international transport network of
nuclear materials including MOX on ships, trains and
motorized vehicles.
Provides reprocessing of nuclear fuel and manages
spent fuel and waste.
Builds and services nuclear reactors, both pressurized
water reactors and boiling water reactors.
Decommissions nuclear power plants, approximately
50 since 1988.

BNFL BUSINESS:
Sellafield (UK): Sellafield’s chief activity is
reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for use in domestic
nuclear power plants and to overseas customers like
Japan and Germany. While the BNFL web-site boasts that
radioactive discharge from Sellafield is now less than 1%
of peak levels in the 1970s, the location is still known as
the "nuclear dustbin" of Europe.
BNFL Inc.: Established in 1990, BNFL Inc. is a full
service nuclear waste management company, decom-
missioning, engineering, and handling nuclear materials. It
handles the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford, Idaho,
Oak Ridge, Rocky Flats, and Savannah River Sites. BNFL
Inc. has its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia.
Westinghouse Electric Company: In 1999 BNFL
acquired the commercial nuclear power businesses of
CBS, now known as the Westinghouse Electric Company.

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But it looks like BNFL might bounce back from hardships of
the past. The Cheney Bush energy plan puts nuclear energy
squarely in the forefront and BNFL is well positioned to take
advantage of the White House’s pro-nuclear stance. Also
playing in BNFL’s favor are its political connections. James
S c h l e s i n g e r, who was the United States’ first Energy
Secretary, director of the Central Intelligence Agency under
Nixon and Defense Secretary under President Ford, sits on
BNFL’s Board of Directors.