Another good point - Toshiba sold classified US submarine technology to the Soviets (IMHO, FU Toshiba). Which is why I will never, ever, buy anything with "Toshiba" (now including Westinghouse) on the label ...
Westinghouse was the major contractor behind the technology in our RADAR sets. These were sets debuting in Korea and making it through my generation. I had no idea Toshiba bought them. crap
Good point!
Thank you for bringing that up. It should not be forgotten.
Same here. I’ve refused all Toshiba products since they betrayed this nation. I didn’t realize Westinghouse was on their books. Westinghouse is a company non-grata from this point on.
And Mitsubishi built some of the planes that bombed Pearl Harbor. You boycotting them too?
To be more accurate it was Koenigsberg a Norwegian subsidiary of Toshiba that sold sub propeller milling machinery to the Soviets.
Westinghouse is an autonomous unit of Toshiba.
There is Japanese involvement in the small BWR division of Westinghouse, but there are no Toshiba executives in the three main divisions (New Plants, PWR Services, Fuel Services) of Westinghouse.
Toshiba purchased Westinghouse from BNFL less than two years ago. Westinghouse blossomed under BNFL ownership because BNFL let Westinghouse operate freely. If you recall, before BNFL, Westinghouse was owned by CBS (yes, that CBS). Under American CBS ownership, Westinghouse was stiffled by lawyers who wanted involvement in every aspect of operation.
Toshiba has promised to allow Westinghouse to operate as it did under BNFL.
Toshiba purchased Westinghouse because many of these deals were already in the works, while it was a British owned company.
Thus, I beleive that your problem with the nuclear rennaissance, because it is starting with Westinghouse, because Westinghouse is an autonomous unit of Toshiba, because Toshiba sold a sensitive capability long before it bought Westinghouse, is unfounded.