Flamanville 3
Flamanville 3 is the First Of A Kind EPR in France - Generation III+ reactor and the 100th reactor ordered from AREVA.
It is part of the French nuclear fleet renewal program. This is aimed at renewing the country's nuclear heritage before gradually dismantling the oldest facilities as of 2020.
Since the end of 2007, teams from Framatome have been working on this site belonging to EDF, a world leader in nuclear energy. The largest industrial project in Northern Europe along with Olkiluoto 3 in Finland, Flamanville 3 brings together the expertise of over 4,000 people from 55 different countries.
Fast facts
- Location: Flamanville, France
- Customer: Electricité de France (EDF)
- Scope: 1 EPR unit nuclear steam supply system
- Net electrical output: 1,570 MWe
- Thermal output: 4,300 MWth
- Annual electrical generation: 13 TWh
Scope
Framatome is leading the design, procurement, erection and commissioning of the turnkey nuclear steam supply system, as well as safety instrumentation and control.
EDF is in charge of overall project management and licensing in conjunction with France’s Nuclear Safety Authority.
Bouygues is responsible for civil works, and Alstom is supplying the turbine island.
Specifications
- Fuel: uranium oxide (UO2)
- Average fuel enrichment level: 3-5% U-235
- Uranium capacity: 128 metric tons
- Annual fuel consumption: 32 metric tons
- Overall efficiency: 37%
- Reactor building height: 63 meters
- Fuel building height: 32 meters
- Main steam temperature: 290°C
- Turbine speed: 1,500 revolutions per minute
Timeline
| 2005 | Design contract for NSSS awarded to AREVA, beginning of the public debate |
| December 2007 | First concrete poured |
| July 2013 | Dome installation |
| September 2014 | 1st steam generator installation |
| November 2014 | Pressurizer installation in the reactor building |
| April 2015 | Installation of the 3 steam generators |
| Summer 2015 | Primary circuit installation completed |
| February 2016 | Reactor pressure head delivery |
| April 2016 | Control rod drive mechanisms installation |
| March 2017 | System performance tests start-up |
