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Areva chief Anne Lauvergeon to quitBy Peggy Hollinger in Paris Published: June 16 2011 21:33 | Last updated: June 16 2011 21:33Anne Lauvergeon, the combative head of Areva, is to quit the nuclear group she forged more than a decade ago as the French government strengthens its hold on the management of its nuclear champion.Ms Lauvergeon, known as Atomic Anne and often cited as one of the business world's most powerful women for her role at the head of France's nuclear engineering and uranium mining group, will be replaced by Luc Oursel, a board member.

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