UPDATE: Areva Confirms Talks With Duke Over US Nuclear Plant
June 18 2009 - 7:25AM
Dow Jones News
French nuclear group Areva (CEI.FR) and U.S. power company Duke
Energy Corp. (DUK) are expected to announce later Thursday that
they are to enter exclusive negotiations over plans to build a
1,650-megawatt nuclear power plant in southern Ohio, an Areva
spokeswoman confirmed Thursday.
The spokeswoman said the deal should be signed later
Thursday.
The selected site of Piketon in Ohio is federally owned land and
houses a former uranium enrichment facility owned by USEC Inc.
(USU).
The site is dedicated to 'green' energies, with partners also
including Unistar Nuclear Energy, a joint venture of France's
Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) and US Constellation Energy Inc.
(CEG).
-By Alice Dore, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1740;
alice.dore@dowjones.com