New AREVA NP announced January 4 that it has officiallyrnchanged its name to back to Framatome, following the completionrnof a 75.5% stake by EDF. Meanwhile, MitsubishirnHeavy Industries (MHI) has completed its acquisition of arn19.5% stake in Framatome, and Assystem has acquired the remainingrn5% share. Framatome was the name previously heldrnby the French reactor company prior to its merger with Cogemarnto form AREVA in 2001. The newly created Framatomernincludes most of the reactor business formerly owned byrnAREVA except for contracts for the Olkiluoto EPR in Finlandrnand certain contracts related to the Le Creusot forge facility.rnThe new company also includes AREVA’s fuel fabricationrnbusiness.
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