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Three companies form the core of AREVA:

• Areva NP (formerly Framatome ANP) - develops and builds nuclear reactors; Siemens has a 34% stake in Areva NP
• Areva NC (formerly Cogema) - covers the whole nuclear fuel cycle, from mining to waste disposal
• AREVA T&D: power transmission and distribution

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On September 15, 2005 AREVA and Constellation Energy of Baltimore announced a new joint venture, called UniStar Nuclear, that will market the commercial U.S. EPR (Evolutionary Power Reactor). September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Constellation Energy, (NYSE: CEG) headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland generates, trades, supplies, and distributes energy. ... European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) is a new fission nuclear reactor design, based on the pressurized water reactor or PWR. It has been designed and developed mainly by the Commissariat à lÉnergie Atomique in France and the Karlsruhe Research Center in Germany. ... Reactor may relate to the folowing: A chemical reactor: a device for containing and controlling a chemical reaction. ...

AREVA has gained some fame after airing 3,000 cel-shaded animation television ad spots on over 32 international channels, including CNN. The ads explained how the generation and distribution of nuclear energy works. The ads showcased the 1980s music of Funkytown. Object with a basic cel-shader (AKA toon shader) and border detection. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... For the commercial production of electricity from nuclear energy, see Nuclear power. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Funkytown is the name of a 1980 song by the disco band Lipps Inc. ...

Areva owns two mines in Arlit, Niger, where it employs 1,600 persons. Although Niger is the third world uranium's exporter, its population was exposed to famine in 2005. Areva therefore gave 130,000 euros in June 2005 to the alimentary crisis coordination group of Niger, and 120,000 euros in July in the form of two planes loaded with food and set up by Bernard Kouchner's Réussir NGO. According to Le Canard Enchaîné, this aid amounts to 0.05% of Areva's annual profits of 428 million euros. ^[2]. Arlit is an industrial town in northern Niger. ... General Name, Symbol, Number uranium, U, 92 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery gray metallic; corrodes to a spalling black oxide coat in air Atomic mass 238. ... A famine is a social and economic crisis that is commonly accompanied by widespread malnutrition, starvation, epidemic disease and increased mortality. ... Bernard Kouchner, born on November 1, 1939 in Avignon is a French politician and a doctor. ... Article of the Canard Enchaîné mocking Nicolas Sarkozy and citing Wikipedia as source. ...

References

1. ^ See (French) "L’ancien secrétaire à l’Énergie de l’administration Bush, Spencer Abraham, est nommé directeur de la filiale états-unienne d’Areva", Voltaire Network, March 9, 2006. (also available in Spanish here)
2. ^ "Peu enrichi à l'uranium ("Not much enriched by uranium")", Le Canard Enchaîné, August 3, 2005.

See also

• Nuclear Power 2010 Program
• Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant
• Nine Mile Point Nuclear Generating Station

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External links

• Areva Website
• Areva Energy Experts (The Areva TV Animation)
• Report on Areva dropping their bid for Westinghouse in August, 2005