Major Order From Vattenfall For 24 Reloads: Framatome ANP To Supply Fuel Assemblies for Six Swedish Nuclear Power Plants.Business Editors/Energy Writers PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. & LYNCHBURG, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2001 Framatome ANP's position as the world's leading nuclear fuel supplier has been reinforced by a large order from the Swedish utility Vattenfall for a fuel reload (1) To load a program from disk into memory once again in order to run it. Reload is entirely different than reinstall. Reinstall means that you have to run the install program from a CD-ROM or floppy disk and perform the installation procedure over again. package involving six of the utility's eight nuclear power plants. Framatome ANP ANP atrial natriuretic peptide. ANP atrial natriuretic peptide. ANP Atrial natriuretic peptide, see there will supply the nuclear power plants Ringhals ringhals: see cobra. 1,2,3 and 4 as well as Forsmark 1 and 3 with fuel reloads during a four-year period. Production of the fuel assemblies, which are to be delivered from 2003 to 2007, will be undertaken at the fuel fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. facilities of Framatome ANP. Dominique Vignon, President of Framatome ANP, said the agreement represents Framatome ANP's largest fuel order to date in Sweden. He emphasized the deal demonstrates the technological and economic strength of the Framatome ANP. "It is indicative of the continuing trust our customers place in our capabilities and the quality of our products that they expand cooperation with us and purchase the majority of their fuel from Framatome ANP," he said. The electricity supply in Sweden is based almost completely on hydro and nuclear power. Eleven nuclear power plants meet about 50 percent of the country's electrical power needs. Founded in January 2001, Framatome ANP (Advanced Nuclear Power) combines the former nuclear activities of Framatome and Siemens to form the world's premier nuclear supplier. In the company, AREVA has a 66% stake and Siemens 34%. (When Framatome S.A. was merged, as of September 5, 2001, into the new company AREVA, the shares originally held by Framatome S.A. were assigned to AREVA.) 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 turnkey construction of nuclear power plants and research reactors. Framatome ANP is headquartered in Paris with regional subsidiaries in the U.S. and Germany. Framatome ANP has a total workforce of approximately 13,000 worldwide and posts annual revenues totaling about $2.25 billion. Framatome ANP supplies fuel assemblies and fuel assembly components to more than 120 nuclear power plants - 102 pressurized pres·sur·ize tr.v. pres·sur·ized, pres·sur·iz·ing, pres·sur·iz·es 1. To maintain normal air pressure in (an enclosure, as an aircraft or submarine). 2. and 18 boiling water reactors - of various designs in the U.S., Europe, Asia, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . For further information, visit: http://www.framatome-anp.com . |
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