RNS Number:3471U
Aveva Group PLC
19 January 2004



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            19 January 2004

                                AVEVA Group plc

                     Euro2.25m ORDER FOR NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT

                 Landmark European nuclear power project to use
                         complete AVEVA solution suite

Framatome ANP, the Engineering, Procurement and Construction division of the
AREVA Siemens Consortium has signed a Euro2.25 million order for the VANTAGE suite
of integrated engineering IT solutions from AVEVA Group plc ("AVEVA"; LSE:AVV).

After a detailed examination, Framatome selected AVEVA's suite of integrated
engineering design, management, procurement and collaboration solutions from all
four of the solution families: VANTAGE Plant Engineering (VPE), Plant Design
(VPD), Project Resource Management (VPRM) and Enterprise NET (VNET). The order
also includes the VANTAGE 'Global' capability to execute the project across
several locations in unison.

The order follows the award by the Finnish electricity utility company,
Teollisuuden Voima Oy, to the Consortium for a Pressurised Water Reactor at the
Olkiluoto site in Finland. The Nuclear Island for the turnkey project will be
supplied by Framatome ANP and the Turbine Island by Siemens. The overall value
of the 1600 Mwe project has been estimated to be around Euro3 billion and it is
scheduled to start commercial operation in 2009.

This project is the first major 'grass-roots' nuclear project in Europe for over
a decade.

Richard Longdon, Chief Executive of AVEVA, commented:

"We are delighted with this order and proud to have been selected to supply a
complete solution after a lengthy, competitive benchmark.  We are pleased to see
the nuclear industry in Europe picking up.  This latest order builds on our
established supplier relationships with leading European nuclear power station
operators and our dominant position in the Chinese power generation market."


For further information, please contact :

Richard Longdon, Chief Executive;                          01223-556611
Paul Taylor, Finance Director
www.aveva.com

Steve Liebmann at Bankside                 020-7444-4163 / 07802-888159



About Framatome

Framatome ANP, an AREVA and Siemens Company, is dedicated to nuclear power
around the world. Framatome ANP provides comprehensive engineering,
instrumentation and control, nuclear services, heavy component manufacture,
modernization, fuel assemblies for many reactor designs, including those
supplied by other vendors, and the development and construction of nuclear power
plants and research reactors. Framatome ANP is headquartered in Paris with
principal subsidiaries in the U.S. and Germany. In the company, AREVA has a 66
percent share and Siemens 34 percent. Framatome ANP has a total workforce of
approximately 14,000 worldwide.

AREVA, is a high-tech industrial group and world leader in its businesses,
nuclear energy and connectors. With 50,000 employees in over 30 countries, in
2002, AREVA generated revenues of Euro8.3 billion. AREVA offers major international
utilities a complete range of products and services for electricity generation
using nuclear power. The Group also develops interconnection systems, mainly for
the telecom, IT and automobile sectors.



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