Areva is on schedule with its Georges Besse II centrifuge enrichment plant project, the French vendor said February 19. Areva said that "in line with the Georges Besse II project time schedule, Areva has just handed over the keys to the centrifuge assembly building of the uranium enrichment plant on the Tricastin site to the Enrichment Technology Company." It called that "a major milestone in the construction" of the GB II plant.
ETC, a joint venture of Areva and Urenco, and its subsidiary ET France will assemble centrifuges from German and Dutch workshops beginning this summer, Areva said, adding that "component manufacture is currently under way,in line with ETC's time schedule." The first centrifuge cascades at GB II will be in operation in first-half 2009, it said.
ETC, a joint venture of Areva and Urenco, and its subsidiary ET France will assemble centrifuges from German and Dutch workshops beginning this summer, Areva said, adding that "component manufacture is currently under way,in line with ETC's time schedule." The first centrifuge cascades at GB II will be in operation in first-half 2009, it said.
