Framatome ANP, Inc./Entergy Team Wins License Renewal at Cook Nuclear Plant.Business Editors/Energy Writers LYNCHBURG, Va. and JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2002 The team of Framatome ANP ANP atrial natriuretic peptide. ANP atrial natriuretic peptide. ANP Atrial natriuretic peptide, see there , Inc. and Entergy has been awarded a contract to provide license renewal management to American Electric Power American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) is a major investor-owner electric utility in various parts of the United States. It is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It serves parts of 11 states, and is currently the largest electricity generating utility in the United States. Company's Cook Nuclear Power Plant at Bridgman, MI - making the Framatome/Entergy team the largest provider of license renewal services to the U.S. nuclear power industry. The contract will be implemented over several years culminating in the preparation and presentation of the license renewal documentation to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), an independent U.S. government commission, created by the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and charged with licensing and regulating civilian use of nuclear energy to protect the public and the environment. (NRC NRC abbr. 1. National Research Council 2. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Noun 1. NRC - an independent federal agency created in 1974 to license and regulate nuclear power plants ) for approval in November 2003. This is the second contract for the Framatome/Entergy team outside of the five Entergy plants. Previously a contract for license renewal at Davis-Besse, a FENOC FENOC FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company plant in Sandusky, OH, was awarded to the team. The team also is responsible for license renewal at all Entergy plants and currently is preparing applications for the Pilgrim plant in Plymouth, MA, and Arkansas Nuclear One Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) is a two-unit pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant located in Russellville, Arkansas. It is owned and operated by Entergy Nuclear. It is the only nuclear power plant in Arkansas. unit 2, Russellville, AR. "The Framatome/Entergy team is honored to be providing our expertise as the U.S. nuclear power industry assures its long-term status as the nation's most dependable source of electricity," said Ray Ganthner, Framatome ANP, Inc. Vice President of Engineering and Licensing. "Obtaining license renewals for U.S. plants certainly brings the future of nuclear power more into focus." "With the Cook project, Framatome/Entergy becomes the largest provider of license renewal services to the U.S. nuclear power industry," said Randy Hutchinson, senior vice president, business development, for Entergy Nuclear in Jackson, MS. "Nuclear owners are recognizing the breadth of experience this team brings to a life extension project. It saves them time and money." Eight nuclear power plants have submitted license renewals to the NRC. Framatome ANP, Inc. supported six renewal applications. Three applications supported by Framatome ANP, Inc. have been approved and another three are pending. Framatome ANP offers a full range of nuclear engineering and advanced technologies for both PWR PWR pressurized-water reactor Noun 1. PWR - a nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; the steam produced can drive a steam turbine pressurized water reactor and BWR n. 1. a boiling water reactor; a type of nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderator; - the steam produced can drive a steam turbine and produce electrical power. Noun 1. plants, world class testing and qualification facilities, and advanced monitoring and digital instrumentation and control systems to enhance safety, improve plant operations and extend service life. Framatome ANP (Advanced Nuclear Power), an AREVA and Siemens company, is the world's premier nuclear supplier. Framatome ANP's focus includes comprehensive engineering, instrumentation and control, nuclear services, heavy component manufacture, modernization, fuel assemblies for many reactor designs, including those supplied by other vendors, and the development and construction of nuclear power plants and research reactors. Framatome ANP is headquartered in Paris with principal subsidiaries in the U.S. and Germany. In the company, AREVA has a 66% shares and Siemens 34%. Framatome ANP has a total workforce of approximately 13,000 worldwide and posts annual revenues totaling about $2.3 billion. The AREVA Group, which combines the forces of Cogema, Framatome ANP and Framatome Connectors International, has sales exceeding $8.6 billion and more than 50,000 employees. The AREVA Group is the world leader in nuclear power and the second largest group worldwide in connectors. The total revenue from its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. companies should now exceed $1.5 billion. The nuclear businesses of Entergy are headquartered in Jackson, Miss. Entergy, a global energy company based in New Orleans, is the third largest power generator in the nation with more than 30,000 megawatts of generating capacity, about $10 billion in revenue and over 2.6 million customers. Entergy's nuclear businesses encompass five power reactors at four locations in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana under regulatory jurisdictions, and four reactors at three sites in Massachusetts and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Entergy Nuclear has also signed an agreement to purchase the Vermont Yankee plant at Vernon, Vt., and expects to close that transaction in 2002. Entergy Nuclear also furnishes license renewal and decommissioning Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from operational status. Some specific instances include:
For further information, visit: http://www.framatome-anp.com or http://www.entergy-nuclear.com . |
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