See Kazakhstan Timelines for: 1990-2000 , 2001, 2002, 2003 , 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007. 2001 January. Ted Turner founds the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), co-chaired by Turner and former Senator Sam Nunn. 2001 January 25. Michael Dobbs story in Washington… Continue Reading
Kazakhstan Time-Line 1989- 2000 1949 The Soviet Union conducts a successful atomic test in Kazakhstan, and the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the U.S. begins. 1949. The Ulba Metallurgy Plant is established, and is referred to ask… Continue Reading
Westinghouse acquisition On July 17, 2007, four groups, including KEI, have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), asking that it block a proposed sale of 10 percent of… Continue Reading
FMI: James Love (202.332.2670) Today Toshiba announced (http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2007_08/pr1301.htm ) that it intends to transfer 10 percent ownership of Westinghouse's holding companies to Kazatomprom, a company owned by the government of Kazakhstan, at a price of US $540 million dollars. The… Continue Reading
Four groups, including KEI, have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS"), asking that it block a proposed sale of 10 percent of Westinghouse, the US nuclear energy firm,… Continue Reading
Four groups, including KEI, have sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS"), asking that it block a proposed sale of 10 percent of Westinghouse, the US nuclear energy firm,… Continue Reading
These are only a few. (For more context and information on Kazakhstan, see Background on Kazakhstan and its nuclear program.)
Here are some recent news reports on the Westinghouse Kazakstan deal.
My recent blogs in the Huffington Post July 9, and July 13.
The July 7 AFP report on the July 7 Nikkei story is here: