[cdn-nucl-l] Framatome ANP Prepares for Nuclear Power's Future With Financial Commitment to College

["Adam McLean" <adam.mclean@utoronto.ca>]

Posted on Yahoo Finance on March 10, 2003 and at:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030310/chm012_1.html

Adam

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Framatome ANP Prepares for Nuclear Power's Future With Financial Commitment
to Central Virginia Community College
Monday March 10, 3:32 pm ET 

LYNCHBURG, Va., March 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Framatome ANP Inc., an AREVA and
Siemens company, has pledged $1 million to the Central Virginia Community
College (CVCC) Educational Foundation to strengthen its education
partnership with the Lynchburg, Virginia, community college. This donation
represents the largest single corporate contribution to CVCC's Major Gifts
Campaign.
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CVCC and Framatome ANP have formed an innovative training partnership in
which CVCC actively participates in the training of Framatome ANP employees
in various nuclear maintenance technologies. This work study program was
designed to meet the needs of Framatome ANP in developing a highly-skilled
workforce while providing educational and career opportunities to students.
A total of 60 students will be enrolled by July 2003 in the nuclear
maintenance technology program -- 28 students are currently enrolled in the
program.

"The future looks bright for nuclear power, and one of the greatest
challenges facing our industry is maintaining a qualified and well-trained
workforce," said Tom Christopher, president and CEO of Framatome ANP Inc.
"Our partnership with CVCC will help us meet our company's increasing needs
for a highly-skilled workforce as we continue growing to meet the demands of
the nuclear power industry." Framatome ANP Inc. is based in Lynchburg and
currently has 3,400 employees throughout the U.S.

Framatome ANP, 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 percent share and Siemens 34 percent. Framatome ANP has a total
workforce of approximately 14,000 worldwide.

For further information, visit: http://www.framatome-anp.com

AREVA is a high-tech industrial group and world leader in its businesses,
nuclear energy and connectors. With 50,000 employees in over 30 countries,
in 2002, AREVA generated revenues of 8.3 billion euros. AREVA offers major
international utilities a complete range of products and services for
electricity generation using nuclear power. The Group also develops
interconnection systems, mainly for the telecom, IT and automobile sectors.

For further information, visit: http://www.arevagroup.com . 




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