Toshiba's Nuclear Annihilation

Toshiba's dramatic $5 billion acquisition of Westinghouse Electric is examined, showcasing how it led to ruin for the proud Japanese company. The podcast outlines the U.S. nuclear energy landscape post-World War II, including innovations and the rise of civilian reactors. It also discusses the economic challenges that plagued the nuclear sector, marked by events like the Three Mile Island incident. Finally, the conversation touches on the collapse of nuclear ambitions driven by fracking and renewable energy shifts, highlighting management failures along the way.