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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

AREVA TN Opens Canister Manufacturing Facility In North Carolina

AREVA TN Opens Canister Manufacturing Facility In North Carolina

AREVA said Tuesday that its nuclear logistic division AREVA TN, had opened a concrete casting facility in North Carolina that is designed to manufacture components for the company's NUHOMS horizontal spent fuel storage modules.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony in Moyock, N.C., the second for AREVA TN in the Tar Heel state in 12 months, was attended by state Rep. Bob Steinburg and company officials. The four-acre Moyock facility will employ 20 people and manufacture concrete components for dry storage of spent fuel that AREVA called a “fortress-like system that houses large steel canisters that safely contain used nuclear fuel.” Read more or comment
http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2016/06/21/areva-tn-opens-canister-manufacturing-facility-in-north-carolina-062102#.V2qjwo6XQkh

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