Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
AREVA signs $200 million contract to supply fuel assemblies
AREVA, a Richland, Wash.-based company, signed a $200 million contract with Taiwan Power Company to supply boiling-water reactor fuel assemblies for two units in each of two nuclear power plants in Taiwan. AREVA will provide core monitoring system assistance in addition to the fabrication service, reload fuel design, licensing analysis, and operation support. The company's fabrication plant will produce the fuel beginning in 2009 and continuing through at least 2021. Contact Denise Woernle at (434) 832-3848.