Site Preparation Begins on $363 Million Nuclear Components Plant in Virginia

SUGAR LAND--August 29, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--AREVA Newport News LLC (Lynchburg, Virginia), a joint venture launched in October 2008 between AREVA (EPA:CEI) (Paris, France) and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding (Newport News, Virginia), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) (Los Angeles, California), has started site preparation for a Nuclear Components Manufacturing Plant to be located in Newport News, Virginia.