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Framatome has ramped up production of replacement component parts at its manufacturing plant located at Le Creusot, France. On 28 October, forging operations began on the first shell that will be used for the fabrication of replacement steam generators for the French nuclear fleet.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 18 November 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-forge-raises-replacement-parts-productio
The first of six replacement steam generators for South Africa's only operating nuclear power plant have arrived at the Koeberg site, plant owner and operator Eskom has announced. Steam generator replacement is part of a ZAR20 billion (USD1.2 billion) programme to extend by 20 years the operating life of the two-unit plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 01 October 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-replacement-steam-generators-arrive-at-Koebe
EDF must ensure the financing and profitability of its proposed EPR2 reactor before starting construction of any plants based on the design in France, the country's state audit office has said. The EPR2 is a simplified version of the EPR design, construction of which has been hit by delays and cost increases in France and Finland.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 16 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/French-auditor-calls-for-financing-guarantee-for-f
Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom announced today it has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with France's Framatome and GE Steam Power of the USA to participate in a tender to construct the Belene nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 19 June 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-GE-and-Rosatom-team-up-for-Belene-projec
France’s Framatome said its digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium had passed the final site acceptance test (SAT). This marks the completion of the project to modernise the control and emergency systems at Doel 1 and 2.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 June 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsic-modernisation-completed-at-belgiums-doel-12-7973359
Framatome's digital instrumentation and control (I&C) systems at the Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium have passed the final site acceptance test. The milestone marks the completion of the project to modernise the control and emergency systems at units 1 and 2 of the plant.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 13 June 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-completes-Doel-I-C-upgrade-project
French company Framatome has signed a framework agreement with EDF in the UK to provide engineering services to support ongoing nuclear power plant operations.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 29 May 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-to-provide-engineering-services-to-uk-nuclear-fleet-7944809
Making a commitment to build six new EPRs in France would be an "effective stimulus" for the country's economy as it recovers in the years ahead from the shock of COVID-19, the French nuclear energy society (SFEN) wrote in a position paper published this week. Nuclear energy "ticks all three boxes" highlighted in the debate about the recovery - that investments should be in low-carbon, resilient and sovereign industries, it said.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 16 May 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/SFEN-Nuclear-essential-to-economic-recovery
Framatome has signed a long-term service contract with China’s Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited (TNPJVC) to support operations of two EPRs at the Taishan nuclear plant in China.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 17 April 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsframatome-contracted-to-provide-operational-support-to-chinas-taishan-7875267
France's Framatome has signed a long-term service contract with the Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company Limited (TNPJVC) to support operations of units 1 and 2 at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China's Guangdong province. The 1750-megawatt EPRs entered commercial operation in December 2018 and September 2019, respectively.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 16 April 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Framatome-contracted-for-Taishan-EPR-services