AREVA wins services contract for EDF nuclear fleet

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AREVA (Paris:AREVA) has been awarded a major services and solutions contract to support EDF in the maintenance and operation of eight nuclear reactors.

The agreement covers a period of five years, with an option for two additional years, and relates to the provision of comprehensive site support services at the Chinon, Nogent, and Belleville nuclear power plants.

Services will include the coordination and performance of logistical, facility maintenance, handling, and lifting operations.

The contract will mobilize the experience and expertise of more than 400 group employees and will involve to the creation of over 200 jobs.

"The award of this contract demonstrates the group's ability to offer integrated and innovative solutions that meet the needs of its customers and strengthens the partnership between AREVA and EDF,” said Dominique Mockly, senior executive vice-president of AREVA's Back End business group.

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AREVA supplies advanced technology solutions for power generation with less carbon. Its expertise and unwavering insistence on safety, security, transparency and ethics are setting the standard, and its responsible development is anchored in a process of continuous improvement.

Ranked first in the global nuclear power industry, AREVA’s unique integrated offering to utilities covers every stage of the fuel cycle, nuclear reactor design and construction, and operating services. The group is actively developing its activities in renewable energies – wind, bioenergy, solar and energy storage – to become a European leader in this sector.

With these two major offers, AREVA’s 46,000 employees are helping to supply ever safer, cleaner and more economical energy to the greatest number of people.