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Framatome

Framatome is the nuclear steam supply system vendor for 92 reactor units on record, 66 of them operating, totalling 76.8 GW of gross capacity across 4 countries.

Operating units
66
76.8 GW gross
Under construction
2
Planned
14
Retired
2

Built France's fleet under a Westinghouse licence from 1958, then developed its own CP, P4 and N4 series, and co-designed the EPR with Siemens. Majority owned by EDF (75.5%) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Assystem holding the remainder. Also a major fuel fabricator, supplying both its own and competitors' reactor designs.

Company
HeadquartersCourbevoie, France
Founded1958
Ownershipstate
Roles in the chainvendor, fabricator
Installed base by country
France57
China6
South Africa2
Finland1

Position in the chain

Facilities

FacilityStageCountryCapacity / outputStatus
Romans-sur-Isère (FBFC) fabrication FRA 1,400tHM/yr operating
Richland fabrication USA 1,200tHM/yr operating
Lingen (ANF) fabrication DEU 650tHM/yr operating

What it supplies

ProductForOperating units of that kind
PWR fuel assemblies pwr
BWR fuel assemblies bwr

Recorded as capability against a reactor type or model line rather than against named units, because utilities do not publish fuel contracts.

Design lines

DesignGenerationCapacityOperatingUnits
EPR III+ 1600–1750 MWe gross 2 18

Installed base

UnitCountryStatusModelGross MWOnline
Taishan nuclear power plant 1-1 China Operating EPR-1750 1,750 2018
Taishan nuclear power plant 1-2 China Operating EPR-1750 1,750 2019
Olkiluoto nuclear power plant 3 Finland Operating EPR 1,720 2022
Flamanville nuclear power plant 3 France Operating EPR 1,650 2024
Civaux nuclear power plant 1 France Operating N4 REP 1450 1,561 2002
Civaux nuclear power plant 2 France Operating N4 REP 1450 1,561 2002
Chooz nuclear power plant B-1 France Operating N4 REP 1450 1,560 2000
Chooz nuclear power plant B-2 France Operating N4 REP 1450 1,560 2000
Flamanville nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1986
Flamanville nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1987
Paluel nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1985
Paluel nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1985
Paluel nuclear power plant 3 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1986
Paluel nuclear power plant 4 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1986
Penly nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1990
Penly nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,382 1992
St. Alban nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,381 1986
St. Alban nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,381 1987
Belleville nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,363 1988
Belleville nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,363 1989
Golfech nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,363 1991
Golfech nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,363 1994
Nogent nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,363 1988
Nogent nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,363 1989
Cattenom nuclear power plant 1 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,362 1987
Cattenom nuclear power plant 2 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,362 1988
Cattenom nuclear power plant 3 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,362 1991
Cattenom nuclear power plant 4 France Operating P4 REP 1300 1,362 1992
Daya Bay nuclear power plant 2 China Operating M310 1,026 1994
Ling'ao nuclear power plant 1-1 China Operating M310 990 2002
Ling'ao nuclear power plant 1-2 China Operating M310 990 2003
Daya Bay nuclear power plant 1 China Operating M310 984 1994
Koeberg nuclear power plant 1 South Africa Operating CP1 970 1984
Koeberg nuclear power plant 2 South Africa Operating CP1 970 1985
Cruas nuclear power plant 1 France Operating CP2 956 1984
Cruas nuclear power plant 2 France Operating CP2 956 1985
Cruas nuclear power plant 3 France Operating CP2 956 1984
Cruas nuclear power plant 4 France Operating CP2 956 1985
Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant B-1 France Operating CP2 956 1983
Saint-Laurent nuclear power plant B-2 France Operating CP2 956 1983
Tricastin nuclear power plant 1 France Operating CP1 955 1980
Tricastin nuclear power plant 2 France Operating CP1 955 1980
Tricastin nuclear power plant 3 France Operating CP1 955 1981
Tricastin nuclear power plant 4 France Operating CP1 955 1981
Chinon nuclear power plant B-1 France Operating CP2 954 1984
Chinon nuclear power plant B-2 France Operating CP2 954 1984
Chinon nuclear power plant B-3 France Operating CP2 954 1987
Chinon nuclear power plant B-4 France Operating CP2 954 1988
Blayais nuclear power plant 1 France Operating CP1 951 1981
Blayais nuclear power plant 2 France Operating CP1 951 1983
Blayais nuclear power plant 3 France Operating CP1 951 1983
Blayais nuclear power plant 4 France Operating CP1 951 1983
Gravelines nuclear power plant 1 France Operating CP1 951 1980
Gravelines nuclear power plant 2 France Operating CP1 951 1980
Gravelines nuclear power plant 3 France Operating CP1 951 1981
Gravelines nuclear power plant 4 France Operating CP1 951 1981
Gravelines nuclear power plant 5 France Operating CP1 951 1985
Gravelines nuclear power plant 6 France Operating CP1 951 1985
Bugey nuclear power plant 2 France Operating CP0 945 1979
Bugey nuclear power plant 3 France Operating CP0 945 1979
Dampierre nuclear power plant 1 France Operating CP1 937 1980
Dampierre nuclear power plant 2 France Operating CP1 937 1981
Dampierre nuclear power plant 3 France Operating CP1 937 1981
Dampierre nuclear power plant 4 France Operating CP1 937 1981
Bugey nuclear power plant 4 France Operating CP0 917 1979
Bugey nuclear power plant 5 France Operating CP0 917 1980
Hinkley Point nuclear power plant C1 United Kingdom Under construction EPR-1750 1,720 2030
Hinkley Point nuclear power plant C2 United Kingdom Under construction EPR-1750 1,720 2031
Jaitapur nuclear power plant 1 India Announced EPR 1,730
Jaitapur nuclear power plant 2 India Announced EPR 1,730
Jaitapur nuclear power plant 3 India Announced EPR 1,730
Jaitapur nuclear power plant 4 India Announced EPR 1,730
Jaitapur nuclear power plant 5 India Announced EPR 1,730
Jaitapur nuclear power plant 6 India Announced EPR 1,730
Bugey nuclear power plant 6 France Announced EPR2 1,650
Bugey nuclear power plant 7 France Announced EPR2 1,650
Gravelines nuclear power plant 7 France Announced EPR2 1,650 2039
Gravelines nuclear power plant 8 France Announced EPR2 1,650 2039
Penly nuclear power plant 3 France Pre-construction EPR2 1,650 2038
Penly nuclear power plant 4 France Pre-construction EPR2 1,650 2038
Moorside Clean Energy Hub nuclear power plant 1 United Kingdom Shelved (inferred) EPR 1,600
Moorside Clean Energy Hub nuclear power plant 2 United Kingdom Shelved (inferred) EPR 1,600
Sizewell nuclear power plant C1 United Kingdom Pre-construction EPR 1,600
Sizewell nuclear power plant C2 United Kingdom Pre-construction EPR 1,600
Bell Bend nuclear power plant United States Cancelled EPR 1,600
Callaway nuclear power plant 2A United States Cancelled EPR 1,600
Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant 3 United States Cancelled EPR 1,600
Idaho Energy Complex nuclear power plant United States Cancelled EPR 1,600
Piketon nuclear power plant 1 United States Cancelled (inferred) EPR 1,600
Southern Ohio Clean Energy Park nuclear power plant United States Cancelled EPR 1,600
Fessenheim nuclear power plant 1 France Retired CP0 920 1978
Fessenheim nuclear power plant 2 France Retired CP0 920 1978

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