AREVA set for a hiring spree

ByRod Adams

The Lynchburg (VA) News and Advance published a story by Bethany Fuller on 5 November 2005 titled “Areva set for a hiring spree.” Areva, already one of the largest employers in central Virginia, will be adding 130 new postions. The people hired for these positions will be doing engineering, design and licensing work. As reported in an early issue of Atomic Insights Blog, Areva has recently formed a partnership called Unistar with Constellation Energy and Bechtel.

These new engineering and design postions are apparently going to be working on adapting the design for the European Pressurized Reactor (EPR) for US standards (the US name for the design is US Evolutionary Pressurized Reactor – US EPR) in preparation for a design license application. One EPR is currently under construction in Finland, and a second one is in the planning process in France.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

Rod Adams is Managing Partner of Nucleation Capital, a venture fund that invests in advanced nuclear, which provides affordable access to this clean energy sector to pronuclear and impact investors. Rod, a former submarine Engineer Officer and founder of Adams Atomic Engines, Inc., which was one of the earliest advanced nuclear ventures, is an atomic energy expert with small nuclear plant operating and design experience. He has engaged in technical, strategic, political, historic and financial analysis of the nuclear industry, its technology, regulation, and policies for several decades through Atomic Insights, both as its primary blogger and as host of The Atomic Show Podcast. Please click here to subscribe to the Atomic Show RSS feed. To join Rod's pronuclear network and receive his occasional newsletter, click here.

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