AREVA North America: Next Energy Blog » Chris Levesque http://us.arevablog.com Next Energy Blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:46:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 AREVA and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding to Break Ground for Newport News Facility http://us.arevablog.com/2009/07/22/areva-and-northrop-grumman-shipbuilding-to-break-ground-for-newport-news-facility/ http://us.arevablog.com/2009/07/22/areva-and-northrop-grumman-shipbuilding-to-break-ground-for-newport-news-facility/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:03:22 +0000 AREVA North America Blog http://us.arevablog.com/?p=796 newport-news-facility

Stay tuned for live coverage as AREVA and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding will break out the shovels for the construction of 330,000-square-foot manufacturing and engineering facility.

This evening at 6:00 pm EDT, the two leaders in the U.S. nuclear industry will be breaking ground on a new manufacturing and engineering facility in Newport News, Virginia. The joint venture, AREVA Newport News LLC, will build the heaving components for new nuclear plants, a $360 million investment that will create more than 500 jobs.

Noted appearances will include: Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine, AREVA CEO Anne Lauvergeon, Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding President Mike Petters, AREVA Newport News General Manager Chris Levesque, and Newport News Mayor Joe Frank.

UPDATE:

Watch it live on the streaming webcast

The live webcast is now archived for viewing on demand here.

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