Security of energy supply and energy cost stability in the long term, plus the efforts to combat the greenhouse effect and potential global warming, argue in favor of a greater diversity in sources of energy supplies. Against this background nuclear power, which is more and more economically competitive, safe, reliable and environment friendly, has a vital role to play.

A world expert in energy, AREVA creates and offers solutions to generate, transmit and distribute electricity; its businesses cover on a long-term basis every sector in the use of nuclear power to support electricity needs: front end (Uranium ore mining and conversion, Uranium enrichment, fuel fabrication), reactor design and construction, reactor services, back end of the fuel cycle, transmission and distribution from the generator to the large end-users.

The EPR is a large advanced evolutionary reactor of the Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) type offered by AREVA to satisfy electricity companies’ needs for a new generation of nuclear power plants even more competitive and safer while contributing to sustainable development.