Test facility KOPRA – Multifunction component test and qualification facility (fuel assemblies, Control Rod Drive Mechanisms, valves)

Relying on a partner that can provide an integrated industrial chain for the procurement of all major components of your nuclear steam supply systems (NSSS) is key for your project success. Framatome designs, manufactures and procures all NSS components with its 3 factories and a wide range of qualified suppliers. Our boiler work factory located in Saint-Marcel is dedicated to heavy components, such as reactor pressure vessels and steam generators, for various reactor designs (RCC-M, ASME). Our Jeumont facility produces reactor coolant pumps and control rod drive mechanisms. Our Le Creusot shop delivers large nuclear-qualified forged and casted 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.

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.