IB Daiwa
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| Industry | Energy and resources; food |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo |
Key people | Seiki Takahashi, President, CEO |
| Website | IB Daiwa website in English |
IB Daiwa Corporation (株式会社アイビーダイワ) is a Japanese multi-national business conglomerate with headquarters in Tokyo. Daiwa's primary interests are in the resources and energy business in the United States and Australia; and the company is also involved in the food business.[1]
History
[edit]Daiwa was started in 1947 as a manufacturer of industrial use machine sewing thread and twisted yarns.[2] The company subsequently diversified.[3]
Following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the series of Fukushima I nuclear accidents included the discovery of a roughly 20 cm crack in a concrete-lined basin behind the No. 2 reactor's turbine building. Daiwa provided a water-gel polymer mix which was introduced into the basin in an attempt to plug the leak;[4] but the attempt was initially unsuccessful.[5] In due course, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) announced that an injection of 6,000 litres (1,600 US gal) of polymer coagulant into the pit did mitigate the leaking;[6] however, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and others credit additional factors as well.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "IB Daiwa, group structure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "IB Daiwa, history". Archived from the original on 2011-04-10. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "IB Daiwa, corporate data". Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
- ^ "Chemical, sawdust, newspaper mix used to plug leak at nuclear plant," Baltimore Sun (US). April 3, 2011, citing CNN, retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ "Radioactive water continues to leak," Archived 2009-07-06 at the Wayback Machine NHK World. April 3, 2011.
- ^ "Out flow of fluid containing radioactive materials to the ocean from areas near intake channel of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 2," TEPCO Press Release. 6 April 2011, retrieved 2011-04-08.
- ^ "IAEA Update (6 April 2011, 8:15 UTC)," retrieved 2011-04-08; "Fukushima leak plugged; nitrogen approved," World Nuclear News (UK). 6 April 2011, retrieved 2011-04-08.
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