Toshiba reports $6.3 billion nuclear hit and slides to loss

• 7 years ago (2017-02-15)
• David Flin

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Japan’s Toshiba has announced that it will book a $6.3 billion hit to its US nuclear unit, a writedown that wipes out its shareholder equity, and leaves the group scrambling for capital. Toshiba has announced it will sell its nuclear business, Westinghouse.

Westinghouse, bought from the British government in 2006 at twice the expected price, and a small US deal agreed in 2015, resulted in cost overruns and costly delays at the US business. Toshiba has sought to restore control to its credit problems by pulling out of nuclear power plant construction overseas, reducing its involvement to reactors and services. Reuters has reported that Toshiba was seeking at least a partial exit from ventures in Britain and India.