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Dirty deals between Areva and Siemens nuclear power companies?

EU probes Siemens, Areva nuclear deal,  KansasCity.com, 2 June 2010, The Associated Press European Union regulators said Wednesday that they are investigating nuclear power non-compete deals between France’s Areva SA and Germany’s Siemens AG after Areva took over their joint venture.This adds another twist to a row between the two companies after Siemens pulled out of the Areva NP unit, the world’s largest builder of atomic power plants, and struck a deal with Russia’s Rosatom to develop nuclear reactors.

Areva complained last year that Siemens’ new deal broke the terms of a 2001 non-competition clause.

However, the European Commission will now examine the legality of agreements and contracts struck between the two companies in 2009 not to compete head-to-head. EU probes Siemens, Areva nuclear deal – KansasCity.com

June 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, secrets,lies and civil liberties | antinuclear, AREVA, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear renaissance, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, reactors, uranium