BNFL Inc, the US subsidiary of BNFL, Risley, has won its largest contract yet, worth $600m, to help to clean up one of the biggest nuclear sites in the United States.
BNFL provides products and services to 14 countries and last year was named as Britain's fastest-growing export earner, with overseas sales of £425m - more than treble its export earnings the previous year.
The company has offices in the States and in Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Brussels and Paris.
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