EDF signs new contracts with partners for the EPR2 programme

At the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE), EDF signs new contracts with several companies in the nuclear industry as part of the EPR2 programme.

New contracts for the EPR2 programme
The signed contracts cover several key areas of EPR2 reactor construction:

• Lynxeo: awarded one of the multi-project framework contracts for cable supply, aiming to standardize equipment for the new nuclear fleet, including 15,000 km of classified cables. This supply contract also applies to the existing nuclear fleet.
• ACM, Allia, and Onet Technologies: for the design, manufacturing, and supply of tubular heat exchangers. These components are installed on the cooling circuits of the reactor building’s pool when the reactor is shut down and treat the effluents produced by the plant.
• Axima Nucléaire: for the design, qualification, manufacturing, and supply of high-power classified DEL¹ cooling units.
• Alfa Laval: for the design, manufacturing, and supply of plate heat exchangers.
• Flowserve: for the design, manufacturing, and supply of pumps and sealing systems supporting essential systems of the conventional islands.
• Mirion Technologies: for the design, qualification, and supply of electrical penetrations for the nuclear island containment, as well as KRT/KRC² radiological detection chains.

An industry united around the performance pact
These contract signings reflect the momentum within the nuclear sector and confirm the commitment of all stakeholders to securing the construction programme of six new EPR2 reactors in France, in a spirit of partnership.

In this context, the performance pact launched last July with the French Nuclear Energy Industry Group (GIFEN) strengthens EDF’s and the sector’s commitment to a relationship based on transparency, anticipation, and dialogue, with the goal of successfully delivering the EPR2 programme and achieving the highest standards in safety, quality, timelines, and cost.
For some of these contracts, the collaboration takes the form of an extended enterprise model between EDF and its partners.

Bernard Fontana, Chairman and CEO of EDF, said : “EDF and its partners are fully committed to the success of the EPR2 programme. With the signing of these contracts, we reaffirm our shared conviction: the success of these industrial projects relies on a supply chain that shares common standards in safety, security, quality, timelines, and competitiveness.”

1) The DEL (diesel iced water) system is a safety-classified backup system that produces and distributes chilled water for cooling the air within the nuclear island via safety-classified air handling units (AHUs) and air treatment units (CTAs), when the normal operating system is unavailable.

2) The KRT/KRC radiological detection chains contribute to the safety of the plant and to the protection of workers and the environment.