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Areva NC, formerly COGEMA (''Compagnie générale des matières nucléaires'') is a French company, created in 1976 from the production division of the French government's CEA (English: ''Atomic Energy Commission''.) It is an industrial group active in all stages of the uranium fuel cycle, including uranium mining, conversion, enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, and recycling.〔(Cogema ), Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia. Accessed on line 23 December 2007.〕〔(France and Nuclear Energy ), §2, ''The French Desire for Uranium'', Nicholas Pederson, ACDIS occasional paper. Accessed on line 23 December 2007.〕 In 2001, COGEMA was merged with Framatome and CEA Industrie to form the larger group Areva; the subsidiary's name was changed to ''Areva NC'' in March 2006.〔(AREVA : un avenir à préparer ), Direction Générale de l'Énergie et des Matières Premières, 16 April 2002. Accessed on line 23 December 2007.〕〔(COGEMA becomes AREVA NC ), history, Areva. Accessed on line 23 December 2007.〕 ==Operations== Areva NC is based in France and with its subsidiaries has a presence in more than 30 countries. It employs approximately 19,000 people worldwide, with controlling shares still held by the French government. The COGEMA La Hague site, located on the western tip of the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy, reprocesses spent power reactor fuel to recycle reusable energy materials-uranium and plutonium - and to condition the waste into suitable final form. Areva NC has uranium reserves in Niger, Canada, Australia and Kazakhstan. The last mine operation in France, ''La Société des Mines de Jouac'', closed in 2001 when its reserves ran out. Now the company operates uranium mines only in Niger and Canada. It also conducts exploration, primarily in Canada, Niger and central Asia, to replenish its reserves. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Areva NC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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