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• Areva-Bechtel to begin detailed design engineering of USEPR

  UniStar Nuclear Energy has awarded a contract to an Areva-Bechtel Power consortium to begin initial detailed design engineering of the US Evolutionary Power Reactor design. Executives expect to gain benefits from existing EPR construction projects in Finland and France. Posted Feb 06 2008, 11:59 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EPR, New Nuclear Plant, Bechtel

• Areva puts USEPR before regulators

  Areva submitted its USEPR nuclear power reactor design to US regulators for design certification on 11 December, boasting it would be the most complete such application to date. Posted Dec 12 2007, 10:48 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: Areva, EPR

• Construction of Flamanville EPR begins

  Electricite de France announced that construction of the third reactor at the Flamanville nuclear power plant in Normandy had started on schedule. The new reactor is a demonstration unit of Areva's 1650 MWe Evolutionary Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR). Posted Dec 04 2007, 11:04 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: New Nuclear Plants, Areva, EDF, EPR