Our news

2019
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08/14/2019

Framatome receives six patent awards for nuclear innovations

08/01/2019

Poland: Framatome, Warsaw University of Technology to establish nuclear energy training and development programs

07/23/2019

US: Framatome deploys new tool for innovative inspection of baffle bolts in reactor vessels

07/17/2019

Promoting careers in industry for women: the Framatome Jeumont and Maubeuge sites have signed up to the Capital Filles scheme

07/10/2019

New partnership to advance medical isotope production to treat prostate cancer at Bruce Power

06/20/2019

Framatome launches new coating technologies that reduce plant maintenance costs

06/13/2019

Fuel for tomorrow: Framatome’s Alain Frichet speaks to Nuclear Engineering International about research priorities

06/04/2019

US: Framatome congratulates Top Innovative Practice Award winners

05/29/2019

Framatome confirms its connection with Lyon and moves to new premises in the city

05/29/2019

US: Framatome receives US Department of Energy GAIN voucher to support development of Lightbridge Fuel™

05/28/2019

Beck Crespel has entrusted its destructive tests to our Jeumont site's laboratory

05/21/2019

Fuel BU: the Jarrie site organizes a day devoted to employees' families

05/02/2019

US: Framatome partners with Exelon Generation to bring Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel assemblies to Calvert Cliffs

04/25/2019

Switzerland: Framatome awarded contract for modernization of reactor protection system at Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant

04/18/2019

Fuel BU boosts technological innovation with its “Free to Innovate” initiative

04/11/2019

Improving televisual inspections

04/10/2019

Framatome invests €12.6 million on its site of Ugine and inaugurates its new VAR furnace

04/05/2019

Framatome delivers GAIA fuel assemblies containing the first complete Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel concept

04/04/2019

First I&C User Group Meeting successfully held in China

04/03/2019

Make it Happen: Everyone mobilized for our first innovation month!

04/01/2019

Flexible Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Ramps Up

03/25/2019

United Kingdom : opening of a new Framatome office in Bristol

03/20/2019

EQUALLE - an alliance of Framatome, Bureau Veritas, Doosan Babcock- and the University of Bristol signed a MoU to cooperate on Nuclear Equipement Qualification

03/08/2019

United Kingdom : opening of a new Framatome office in Bristol

02/27/2019

Finland: Framatome successfully completes modification of Loviisa nuclear power plant’s Control rod instrumentation & control system

02/22/2019

Framatome announces 2019 Engineer of the Year awardees

02/21/2019

US: Framatome signs first fuel contract with the Palo Verde Generating Station

02/20/2019

US: Framatome wins multimillion-dollar contract to perform cutting-edge maintenance technique at Wolf Creek

02/01/2019

Innovation: Robotics

01/28/2019

Strategic French civil nuclear industry contract: Framatome is a committed actor of the sector in France and abroad

01/15/2019

Framatome receives $49 million grant to accelerate enhanced accident tolerant fuel development

01/11/2019

Our companies and Joint Ventures in China are renamed

01/10/2019

M5 Framatome: the new Framatome trademark for M5 Alloy
2018
…

12/18/2018

Framatome develops mobile technology for non-destructive analysis of radioactive waste containers

12/14/2018

Bernard Fontana's statement - EPR: the first Generation III+ nuclear reactor enters commercial operation

12/12/2018

Sweden: Framatome completes successful commissioning for upgrade project at Forsmark nuclear power plant

11/30/2018

Canada: Framatome signs MoU with Bruce Power for safety-related Life-Extension Program updates

11/08/2018

US: Framatome Celebrates Grand Opening of Nuclear Parts Center at Expanded Solutions Complex

11/07/2018

Framatome develops and implements high performance repair at Savannah River waste storage site

10/03/2018

At Le Creusot, dimensional inspection of test pieces is going digital

10/01/2018

TVO joins FROG as EPR reactor operator

09/24/2018

US: Framatome signs contract to deliver ATRIUM 11 fuel to Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Station

09/21/2018

Framatome and CNNC: first fuel cladding tubes delivery for “Hualong-1” nuclear power plant

09/21/2018

Nuclear plants prepared for Hurricane Florence – and so did Framatome’s SAFER Control center

09/19/2018

Framatome and Entergy sign contract for accident tolerant fuel coated cladding delivery to ANO

09/17/2018

France: Framatome wins I&C modernization contract for EDF's 900 MW reactors

09/12/2018

Framatome Paimboeuf, a site experiencing major expansion

09/04/2018

Paimboeuf site celebrates its 40th anniversary by welcoming more than 1200 visitors

08/21/2018

Heat wave in Europe: Framatome supports its customers with a solution to increase plant efficiency

07/24/2018

Framatome becomes main distributor of Chesterton valve packing and seals for the nuclear energy industry

07/23/2018

Spain: SUSI submarine robot enables successful visual Inspection at Ascó Nuclear Power Plant

07/18/2018

Manufacturing operations are ramping up at Framatome Le Creusot site

07/10/2018

USA: Framatome completes major refurbishment of 31 reactor coolant pump motors

06/29/2018

China: Framatome welcomes Taishan 1 grid connection, the first EPR reactor in the world

06/28/2018

A Framatome team wins the Innovatome Award

06/27/2018

Framatome is a member of the French Nuclear Energy Industry Group (GIFEN)

06/22/2018

The power to transform the industry

06/21/2018

Kick-off time for Framatome at the 2018 World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE)

06/12/2018

Framatome and the EPR reactor: a robust history and the passion it takes to succeed

05/25/2018

Instrumentation & control: Framatome and Rusatom Automated Control Systems Sign Memorandum of Understanding

05/25/2018

China: Framatome delivered comprehensive instrumentation and control system for Tianwan Unit 3

05/24/2018

Framatome partners with McAfee to support energy industry cybersecurity

05/23/2018

France: Framatome to supply EDF with Enriched Reprocessed Uranium fuel assemblies

05/17/2018

USA: Framatome signs multimillion-dollar contract with Dominion Energy to provide fleet-wide steam generator services

05/08/2018

Framatome Inc. names vice president of customer accounts and government affairs

04/27/2018

Sweden: Framatome and Vattenfall sign contracts for the delivery of fuel assembly reloads

04/19/2018

Framatome receives two patent awards for nuclear innovations

04/16/2018

Richland site continues its standard of excellence

04/06/2018

Framatome displays year of powerful performance, supports 44 nuclear power outages in 2017

04/04/2018

Va. Governor Northam Announces Framatome Inc. to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to City of Lynchburg

04/03/2018

NRC approval brings Framatome’s fuel technology closer to market

03/22/2018

Business expansion of the Fuel business unit with technology transfer project in Kazakhstan

03/14/2018

The Netherlands: Framatome upgraded Borssele nuclear power plant’s digital instrumentation and control system

03/12/2018

Fessenheim 2: Framatome confirms demonstration of the serviceability of one of the steam generators

03/02/2018

Framatome, Bureau Veritas and Doosan Babcock create EQUALLE™, an alliance to provide nuclear Equipment Qualification services in the United Kingdom

02/28/2018

Framatome completes purchase of Schneider Electric’s instrumentation and control nuclear business

02/27/2018

Safety, our absolute priority

02/21/2018

Framatome Inc. names 2018 Engineer of the Year award recipients

02/05/2018

Framatome shines the spotlight on its experts

01/25/2018

Framatome continues ramping up production at its Le Creusot site

01/25/2018

Lightbridge and Framatome launch Enfission to commercialize innovative nuclear fuel

01/18/2018

USA: Framatome to acquire Instrumentation and Control nuclear business of Schneider Electric

01/10/2018

China: Framatome signs a joint development agreement and a major nuclear Fuel contract with its partner CNNC

01/05/2018

MHI Completes Investment into France's Framatome (formerly "New NP")

01/04/2018

Appointment of the Framatome Managing Board

01/04/2018

Framatome pursues the industrial and technological adventure of the nuclear energy business

01/02/2018

Closing of the New NP divestment

01/02/2018

Completion of the acquisition by EDF of a 75.5% stake in New NP capital
2017
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12/27/2017

Slovenia: AREVA NP installs I&C upgrade at Krško nuclear power plant

12/22/2017

Signing of definitive binding agreements for the sale of AREVA NP’s activities

12/12/2017

Canada: Bruce Power Contracts Major Industry Suppliers for Steam Generator Replacement Project

12/05/2017

USA: AREVA NP Maintenance Technique Reduces Frequency of Component Inspections at Two Exelon Plants

11/15/2017

Lightbridge and AREVA NP sign agreements to immediately advance fuel development

11/10/2017

AREVA NP introduces FORERUNNER, a new robot for optimized steam generator inspections

11/06/2017

In Lyon, a "Hackathon" event that transforms colleagues' creativity into Added Value for the company!

10/20/2017

Employees of Paimboeuf mobilized on a new industrial project

10/19/2017

Dessel: a new step forward with the dismantling of the site

10/18/2017

Switzerland: AREVA NP installs a system allowing flexible electricity generation at Goesgen nuclear power plant

10/16/2017

South Korea: AREVA NP awarded contract for safety upgrades in seven reactors

10/12/2017

AREVA NP to Upgrade Instrumentation and Control Systems at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

10/11/2017

Flamanville 3 EPR: the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) published its opinion confirming the serviceability of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV)

10/09/2017

Duke Energy recognizes AREVA NP as "Safety Supplier of the Year"

10/06/2017

AREVA NP presents quality review and plan at Le Creusot site to the High Committee for Transparency and Information on Nuclear Security – HCTISN

10/06/2017

AREVA NP presents applications for HoloLens virtual reality headset during Microsoft Experiences ‘17

10/02/2017

AREVA NP's employee Yves Combres, receives honors from the Chinese government

09/29/2017

Families welcomed on the Jeumont site for an open house day

09/25/2017

Spain: AREVA NP installs innovative monitoring system at Trillo nuclear power plant

09/14/2017

Le Creusot manufacturing records: a methodical and systematic analysis of all deviations

09/12/2017

AREVA NP and Tranter, Inc. Combine Expertise for Heat Exchanger Replacements at Nuclear Facilities

09/06/2017

Lightbridge and AREVA NP Sign Binding Agreement for U.S. Joint Venture for Advanced Nuclear Fuel

09/05/2017

The SPOT, a dedicated place to foster innovation and support AREVA NP digital transformation

09/01/2017

Sweden: AREVA NP refocuses its local presence on core nuclear activities in the Nordic market

08/10/2017

AREVA NP Supports Outages at 27 Plants, Completes Multiple Innovative Projects

08/08/2017

Bruce Power and AREVA NP Expand Agreement for Commercialization of Radioisotope Production

07/31/2017

AREVA NP Completes First MRP-227 Exam on a Combustion Engineering Plant

07/27/2017

Quality reviews at Jeumont and Saint-Marcel sites are finalised

07/20/2017

OL3 Project: the International Chamber of Commerce makes a partial ruling on arbitration

07/19/2017

AREVA NP to Load Advanced Fuel Assemblies in U.S. Commercial Reactor

07/18/2017

INTERCONTROLE promotes its know-how and its innovation capabilities at the COFREND 2017 seminar

07/18/2017

AREVA NP and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI): 19th technical meeting on components manufacturing

07/13/2017

AREVA: implementation of the capital increases

07/11/2017

June, a month devoted to safety

07/03/2017

AREVA has just been awarded the 2017 SFEN prize for technological innovation for its As Built/As Designed project christened TQC²

06/29/2017

AREVA NP gathers international nuclear operators on its Creusot site

06/28/2017

Flamanville 3 EPR: the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) confirms the serviceability of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV)

06/27/2017

Flamanville 3 reactor vessel: ESPN standing group issues opinion

06/26/2017

AREVA NP Signs $560 Million in Advanced Fuel Contracts

06/19/2017

AREVA NP reviews Le Creusot plant quality improvement plan with its customers EDF and NNB

06/19/2017

Rosatom and AREVA NP signed a Memorandum of Understanding

06/13/2017

Olkiluoto 3 EPR – Cold Functional Tests Started

06/12/2017

AREVA NP deploys Advanced Repair Technique at Belgian Nuclear Reactor

05/31/2017

AREVA NP is investing € 22 million to replace the hot rolling mill at the Rugles factory

05/29/2017

An important milestone in AREVA’s restructuring

05/29/2017

TVO withdraws its summary proceedings against AREVA

05/17/2017

EDF Board of Directors approves the creation of EDVANCE

05/17/2017

AREVA Annual General Meeting

05/17/2017

Hungary: AREVA NP awarded contract for safety I&C modernization at Paks Nuclear Power Plant

04/20/2017

AREVA NP to support International OECD Research Program

04/12/2017

AREVA NP Signs Contract for Outage Services at Farley Nuclear Generating Station

04/07/2017

Industry Week 2017: AREVA NP promotes employment and professions at Burgundy sites

03/31/2017

Le Creusot Status Update

03/29/2017

NEEDS : AREVA NP Lyon welcomes the French scientific community

03/23/2017

AREVA awarded three patents for nuclear energy innovations

03/16/2017

Flamanville EPR launched its system performance tests prior to reactor start-up in 2018

03/07/2017

Le Creusot site (France) : Dominique Minière (EDF) and Bernard Fontana acknowledge progress on the quality plan

02/01/2017

AREVA NP Advances to Phase Two of U.S. Department of Energy’s Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel Program

01/13/2017

AREVA to Supply Refueling Equipment Upgrades to TVA Reactors

01/12/2017

Spain: AREVA reinforces its collaboration in engineering and maintenance services with CNAT Utility

01/03/2017

Russia: AREVA NP supplies safety instrumentation and control system for Generation 3 Reactor
2016
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12/20/2016

Sweden: AREVA to supply fuel assemblies to the Ringhals Nuclear Power Plants 3 and 4

12/06/2016

AREVA awarded two "Showcase for Industry of the Future" labels

12/06/2016

The construction of nuclear fuel fabrication plant has started in Kazakhstan

11/21/2016

USA: AREVA NP Signs Multimillion-dollar Contract to Provide Equipment at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

11/16/2016

EDF and AREVA sign binding agreements for the sale of AREVA NP’s activities

11/07/2016

AREVA NP awarded contract for safety I&C project in Belgium

10/28/2016

AREVA NP awarded contract for safety I&C project in Sweden

10/19/2016

Olkiluoto 3 EPR - new milestones achieved

09/29/2016

Hinkley Point C: AREVA signs contracts worth over 5 billion euros

09/23/2016

Quality status update: Completion of first phase of analysis at Le Creusot

09/15/2016

AREVA welcomes the decision of the UK government to build two EPR reactors at Hinkley Point C

07/19/2016

Le Creusot quality audit: AREVA NP continues its technical analyses on one of the reactor 2 steam generators at Fessenheim

06/30/2016

Quality Audit at the Le Creusot Plant: End of June Update

06/28/2016

WNE: AREVA Awarded in the Fields of Safety and Innovation

05/31/2016

Quality Audit at the Le Creusot Plant: End of May Status Update

05/12/2016

Germany: AREVA awarded decontamination contract for Grafenrheinfeld Power Plant

05/02/2016

AREVA’s Passive Shutdown Seal Proven Reliable in Reactor Loss-of-power Test

04/29/2016

Status update on the Le Creusot plant quality audit

04/13/2016

Flamanville EPR: Advancement of Reactor Vessel Testing Programme

03/31/2016

EDF, the CEA and AREVA Establish the French Nuclear Platform

03/07/2016

Safety Alliance: AREVA Supplies Fuel Pool Monitoring Systems to Taiwanese Reactors

03/03/2016

AREVA Awarded Contract for Reactor Vessel Inspections at Arkansas Nuclear One

03/01/2016

AREVA Upgrades Reactor Coolant Pumps at Surry Power Station

01/27/2016

Two key stages of AREVA’s refinancing underway

Our news

Framatome receives six patent awards for nuclear innovations

Poland: Framatome, Warsaw University of Technology to establish nuclear energy training and development programs

US: Framatome deploys new tool for innovative inspection of baffle bolts in reactor vessels

Promoting careers in industry for women: the Framatome Jeumont and Maubeuge sites have signed up to the Capital Filles scheme

New partnership to advance medical isotope production to treat prostate cancer at Bruce Power

Framatome launches new coating technologies that reduce plant maintenance costs

Fuel for tomorrow: Framatome’s Alain Frichet speaks to Nuclear Engineering International about research priorities

US: Framatome congratulates Top Innovative Practice Award winners

Framatome confirms its connection with Lyon and moves to new premises in the city

US: Framatome receives US Department of Energy GAIN voucher to support development of Lightbridge Fuel™

Beck Crespel has entrusted its destructive tests to our Jeumont site's laboratory

Fuel BU: the Jarrie site organizes a day devoted to employees' families

US: Framatome partners with Exelon Generation to bring Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel assemblies to Calvert Cliffs

Switzerland: Framatome awarded contract for modernization of reactor protection system at Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant

Fuel BU boosts technological innovation with its “Free to Innovate” initiative

Improving televisual inspections

Framatome invests €12.6 million on its site of Ugine and inaugurates its new VAR furnace

Framatome delivers GAIA fuel assemblies containing the first complete Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel concept

First I&C User Group Meeting successfully held in China

Make it Happen: Everyone mobilized for our first innovation month!

Flexible Operation of Nuclear Power Plants Ramps Up

United Kingdom : opening of a new Framatome office in Bristol

EQUALLE - an alliance of Framatome, Bureau Veritas, Doosan Babcock- and the University of Bristol signed a MoU to cooperate on Nuclear Equipement Qualification

United Kingdom : opening of a new Framatome office in Bristol

Finland: Framatome successfully completes modification of Loviisa nuclear power plant’s Control rod instrumentation & control system

Framatome announces 2019 Engineer of the Year awardees

US: Framatome signs first fuel contract with the Palo Verde Generating Station

US: Framatome wins multimillion-dollar contract to perform cutting-edge maintenance technique at Wolf Creek

Innovation: Robotics

Strategic French civil nuclear industry contract: Framatome is a committed actor of the sector in France and abroad

Framatome receives $49 million grant to accelerate enhanced accident tolerant fuel development

Our companies and Joint Ventures in China are renamed

M5 Framatome: the new Framatome trademark for M5 Alloy

Framatome develops mobile technology for non-destructive analysis of radioactive waste containers

Bernard Fontana's statement - EPR: the first Generation III+ nuclear reactor enters commercial operation

Sweden: Framatome completes successful commissioning for upgrade project at Forsmark nuclear power plant

Canada: Framatome signs MoU with Bruce Power for safety-related Life-Extension Program updates

US: Framatome Celebrates Grand Opening of Nuclear Parts Center at Expanded Solutions Complex

Framatome develops and implements high performance repair at Savannah River waste storage site

At Le Creusot, dimensional inspection of test pieces is going digital

TVO joins FROG as EPR reactor operator

US: Framatome signs contract to deliver ATRIUM 11 fuel to Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Station

Framatome and CNNC: first fuel cladding tubes delivery for “Hualong-1” nuclear power plant

Nuclear plants prepared for Hurricane Florence – and so did Framatome’s SAFER Control center

Framatome and Entergy sign contract for accident tolerant fuel coated cladding delivery to ANO

France: Framatome wins I&C modernization contract for EDF's 900 MW reactors

Framatome Paimboeuf, a site experiencing major expansion

Paimboeuf site celebrates its 40th anniversary by welcoming more than 1200 visitors

Heat wave in Europe: Framatome supports its customers with a solution to increase plant efficiency

Framatome becomes main distributor of Chesterton valve packing and seals for the nuclear energy industry

Spain: SUSI submarine robot enables successful visual Inspection at Ascó Nuclear Power Plant

Manufacturing operations are ramping up at Framatome Le Creusot site

USA: Framatome completes major refurbishment of 31 reactor coolant pump motors

China: Framatome welcomes Taishan 1 grid connection, the first EPR reactor in the world

A Framatome team wins the Innovatome Award

Framatome is a member of the French Nuclear Energy Industry Group (GIFEN)

The power to transform the industry

Kick-off time for Framatome at the 2018 World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE)

Framatome and the EPR reactor: a robust history and the passion it takes to succeed

Instrumentation & control: Framatome and Rusatom Automated Control Systems Sign Memorandum of Understanding

China: Framatome delivered comprehensive instrumentation and control system for Tianwan Unit 3

Framatome partners with McAfee to support energy industry cybersecurity

France: Framatome to supply EDF with Enriched Reprocessed Uranium fuel assemblies

USA: Framatome signs multimillion-dollar contract with Dominion Energy to provide fleet-wide steam generator services

Framatome Inc. names vice president of customer accounts and government affairs

Sweden: Framatome and Vattenfall sign contracts for the delivery of fuel assembly reloads

Framatome receives two patent awards for nuclear innovations

Richland site continues its standard of excellence

Framatome displays year of powerful performance, supports 44 nuclear power outages in 2017

Va. Governor Northam Announces Framatome Inc. to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to City of Lynchburg

NRC approval brings Framatome’s fuel technology closer to market

Business expansion of the Fuel business unit with technology transfer project in Kazakhstan

The Netherlands: Framatome upgraded Borssele nuclear power plant’s digital instrumentation and control system

Fessenheim 2: Framatome confirms demonstration of the serviceability of one of the steam generators

Framatome, Bureau Veritas and Doosan Babcock create EQUALLE™, an alliance to provide nuclear Equipment Qualification services in the United Kingdom

Framatome completes purchase of Schneider Electric’s instrumentation and control nuclear business

Safety, our absolute priority

Framatome Inc. names 2018 Engineer of the Year award recipients

Framatome shines the spotlight on its experts