DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,815

AREVA NP, INC.
FUEL BUSINESS UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
NEWPORT NEWS INDUSTRY, AND SYSTEM ONE SERVICES
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 3, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of AREVA NP, Inc., Fuel Business Unit, Lynchburg,
Virginia. The workers produce spacer grids, end caps, and
springs used in the production of nuclear fuel assemblies.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Newport
News Industry and System One Services.
The investigation further revealed that workers of AREVA
NP, Inc., Fuel Business Unit, who are engaged in employment
related to production of spacer grids, end caps, and springs,
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or are threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of spacer
grids, end caps, and springs to a foreign country by AREVA NP,
Inc., Fuel Business Unit, contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Lynchburg, Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AREVA NP, Inc., Fuel
Business Unit, Lynchburg, Virginia, who are engaged in
employment related to production of spacer grids, end caps, and
springs, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:



"All workers of AREVA NP, Inc., Fuel Business Unit,
including on-site leased workers from Newport News
Industry and System One Services, Lynchburg, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 25, 2009, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of November, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance