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Eckert & Ziegler Iostope Products GmbH, Robert Rössel Str. 10, D-13125 Berlin, Germany; tel. +49 30 9410840, fax +49 30 941084180, e-mail sales@isotopes.com, http://www.isotopes.com; technical/scientific contact: Dr Ulrich Graf., commercial contact: Udo Blaseg.
Products/Services/Activities: Radioactive standards and references (NIST and COFRAC for counting room and environmental use including the former “DuPont”, “LEA” and “The Source Inc.” products). One hundred and two different radionuclides (solutions and bulk). Radioactive sources for all research and industrial applications manufactured mainly by IPL Cesio, Bebig, Ritverc, former DuPont, former The Source Inc. Nuclear Medicine Sources and standards including Ge-68 and Na-22 PET sources. Custom made sources. RSO services and consulting. Return, recycling and disposal. Radioactive logistics management. Regulatory assistance.
Preferred Nuclear Medicine source vendor of Philips, Siemens and General Electric. Accredited: DIN EN ISO 9001:2000, EN 46001, CE 0123 Mark. Authorised representative and importer according to EC Medical Device Directive.
Member of ENS, KTG, ZVEI, EANM, DGN, DPG and Fachverband Strahlenschutz.

NV Elektriciteits-Produktie-
maatschappij Zuid-Nederland EPZ
(Electricity Generating Co. Ltd for the Southern Netherlands), P.O. Box 130, NL-4380 AC Vlissingen; tel. +31 113 356 000, fax +31 113 352 320; www.epz.nl; email: info@epz.nl contact M. van der Borst.
Products/Services/Activities: EPZ generates electricity at the Borssele power station. The total installed electrical capacity is 870 MW, of which 452 MW is nuclear. This covers about 5% of the national installed capacity. The nuclear unit supplies some 4% of the national needs. The distribution companies Essent and Delta are the shareholders of EPZ.


ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas SA
, Santiago Rusiñol, 12, E-28040 Madrid; tel. +34 91 347 4300, fax +34 91 347 4341, e-mail: rgl@enusa.es http://www.enusa.es; contact Lucía Rouces.
Products/Services/Activities: Supply of enriched uranium to the Spanish nuclear power plants. Design and manufacture of fuel assemblies for PWRs, VVERs and BWRs, as well as supply of core engineering analysis, reload licensing, on-site fuel services and nuclear engineering services. Exemption of radioactive installations after decommissioning and uranium mines restoration.

Electrabel, generation department, environment and communication, Boulevard du Régent 8, B-1000 Brussels; tel. +32 2 518 64 42, fax +32 2 518 64 15.
Products/Services/Activities: Selling electricity and natural gas and services; generating electricity; trading electricity and natural gas; building, managing and maintaining electricity and gas networks.


Electricité de France (EDF),
communication division, présidence, 22, avenue Wagram, F-75008 Paris; tel. +33 1 4042 7108, fax +33 1 4042 7610, www.edf.com e-mail Frederic.lefebvre@edf.fr; contact Frédéric Lefebvre.
Pôle Industrie, division exploitation du parc nucléaire, Etat-Major, Cap Ampère, 1, place Pleyel, F-93207 Saint Denis Cedex; tel. +33 1 4369 3051; contact Jean-Pierre Hutin.
Products/Services/Activities: Electricité de France is the national French company that produces, transports and sells electricity. The total production was 482 billion kWh in 2000 and 77.3 billion kWh (balance) were exported. EDF serves 31 million French customers.


Energie Ouest-Suisse (EOS)
, Place de la Gare 12, P.O. Box 570, CH-1001 Lausanne; tel. +41 21 341 22 73, fax +41 21 341 20 49, e-mail: guillaume.gros@eosholding.ch; contact Guillaume Gros.
Products/Services/Activities: One of the largest Swiss electricity producers, EOS is responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity to five major utilities in charge of distribution in the French part of Switzerland.



E.O.N Kernkraft GmbH
, Unternehmenskommunikation, P.O. Box 4849, D-30048 Hannover; tel. +49 511 439 01, fax +49 511 439 2547, e-mail info-kernkraft@eon-energie.com, http://www.
eon-kernkraft.com
; contact Dr Petra Uhlmann.
Products/Services/Activities: Utility with participation in eleven nuclear power plants.


Euro Nuclear Services BV, De Mars 11, P.O. Box 322, NL-7742 PT Coevorden; tel. +31 524 599 699, fax +31 524 599 688, e-mail ens@unitech.ws. http://www.ens-services.com; contact Burkhard Schmitt.

Products/Services/Activities: Protective clothing, sales, lease, laundering, decontamination and related personnel protective clothing and equipment supplies and services to nuclear organizations throughout Europe. Providing cost-effective nuclear laundry service to nuclear customers from a radiologically licensed facility for the past five years. Euro Nuclear Services is part of UniTech Services Group, Inc., a company which has provided similar services and products to the US nuclear industry for over 40 years.


EXCEL Services Corporation,
11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 100, Rockville, Maryland 20852, US, tel. +1 301 984 4400, fax +1 301 984 7600, e-mail donaldh@excelservices. com, http://www.excelservices.com; contact Donald R. Hoffman, president/CEO.

Products/Services/Activities: EXCEL’s mission is to provide the highest quality professional services in order to support our clients in achieving the highest level of safety and performance in nuclear plant operations in the most cost-effective manner. EXCEL has assisted our clients to achieve the highest levels of safety and performance across the broad spectrum of demands the nuclear industry has faced. Our innovative and intelligent solutions to regulatory and technical challenges, combined with our commitment to clients' objectives, our technical expertise, our in-depth knowledge, and our comprehensive understanding of nuclear safety and regulatory requirements ensures the highest standards of professional excellence in our services and proved the very best results in safety, performance, and economy for our clients.