Vallourec announced today that Valinox Nucléaire, its subsidiary specializing in the production of tubing for nuclear power plants, has been awarded a contract by Areva to manufacture tubes for the steam generators of two reactors of 1300 MW.
This contract relates to the EDF program announced in September 2011, to gradually replace large components of its 1300 MW power plants, which attributed the building of new steam generators for 11 reactors to Areva and Westinghouse.
These steam generators feature an inner circuit made up of 122 kilometers of nickel-alloy tubes designed to create steam, which is then used to produce electricity via a turbine.
In 2011, Valinox Nucléaire completed a production expansion at its plant in Montbard (Burgundy, France).