Third party inspection and audits – EIRA
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Framatome Central Inspection, EIRA, has an accreditation COFRAC (French Accreditation Committee) that allows it to act as an independent third party and be commissioned by customers in the same way as other organizations such as Bureau Veritas or Apave. Beyond matters of compliance, the inspector’s mission is to assess not only conformity, but also practices and the qualification of resources assigned to inspections, and to maintain a questioning attitude. These are factors that underpin safety culture. We owe it to ourselves to be as attentive as possible to the needs of the customer, those of the safety authorities and their nuclear safety and quality requirements, and to take into account problems encountered in the past, in order to evolve, adapt methods and further raise skill levels.
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Defense
With 50+ years of experience in the nuclear industry, we are dedicated to move forward from current NPP to smart plants, smart fleets, smart energy and invulnerable NPPs, with an approach similar to that adopted in the navy with smart ships and smart naval forces. From heavy components to smart I&C, embedded cyber-secured solutions and data analytic solutions, we have solutions applicable in naval and defense sectors.
Equipment status & spare parts
Framatome develops innovative processes, cost-effective solutions, and complete services from the simple-and-basic to the most challenging scenarios. These include large components such as steam generators, reactor coolant pumps, control rod drive mechanisms and also obsolescence solution management, and our Nuclear Parts Centers. Framatome proposes the best products, services and solutions to receive safe, world-class project performance, total cost certainty, and a partner committed to excellence for all of your component repair and replacement projects.
Licensing & commissioning
Getting connected to the grid requires a large amount of tests and a final approval of the Safety Authorities; experienced and skilled partners ease the process. Framatome supports you in the licensing and commissioning phases, by proposing expertise for training, tests, qualification, inspection, operating technical specifications, documentation, licensing studies, regulatory bodies interface and more. Benefit from Framatome’s unique experience with safety authorities worldwide for all designs of reactors.
Long-term operations
In order to optimize your asset, you can decide to run your plant beyond its designated lifetime. Safety being a priority this decision is driven by the need for low carbon and competitive energy. Framatome works closely with you on your plant’s long-term operations strategy, covering license renewal, aging and asset management, modernization and upgrades, and other long-term challenges.
Outage services
You can prevent risk of technical issues causing delays and drift of outage costs by relying on experienced teams with a wealth of expertise. Framatome’s highly-skilled teams deploy proven, innovative technologies and solutions backed by service-proven knowledge of utilities’ objectives for reactor maintenance, inspections, fuel reloading operations, and outage management optimization. Our solutions ensure our customers avoid costly outages and outage extensions.