Framatome
Framatome is the nuclear steam supply system vendor for 94 reactor units on record, 66 of them operating, totalling 76.8 GW of gross capacity across 4 countries.
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.
| Headquarters | Courbevoie, France |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1958 |
| Ownership | state |
| Roles in the chain | vendor, fabricator |
| France | 57 |
|---|---|
| China | 6 |
| South Africa | 2 |
| Finland | 1 |
Position in the chain
Facilities
| Facility | Stage | Country | Capacity / output | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romans-sur-Isère (FBFC) | fabrication | FRA | 1,400tHM/yr | operating |
| Richland | fabrication | USA | 1,200tHM/yr | operating |
| Lingen (ANF) | fabrication | DEU | 650tHM/yr | operating |
Framatome in context
In fabrication Framatome holds 3,250 of the 14,912 tHM/yr of world fabrication capacity in 2022 (22%), ranking 1st of the 6 named operators in the source.
Framatome has 3 facilities on record in 3 countries (France, United States and Germany): 3 operating.
Framatome is the reactor vendor for 66 of the 419 operating units on record (16%), 3rd of 13 vendors by operating units, 76,840 MW gross in total.
The median age of its operating units is 41.0 years, against 39.0 for the whole operating fleet.
Its 67 finished units with construction and grid dates took a median 6.0 years to build, against 6.0 across all finished reactors.
Framatome is the vendor of 7 reactor design lines (CP1, P4 1300 MWe series, CP2 and EPR and 3 more), covering 88 units on record, 66 of them operating.
Share of each stage it works in
| Stage | Company | World total | Share | Rank | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrication | 3,250tHM/yr | 14,912(2022) | 22% | 1 of 6 | World Nuclear Association, Nuclear Fuel Fabrication |
How these are worked out: shares and ranks use the world totals cited in the table, and only named companies are ranked (unnamed or country-level entries in a source are not). A facility with no stated capacity is counted as a facility but adds nothing to a capacity figure. Vendor figures count operating units where this company is the recorded reactor vendor; ages count from the start-up year on record, and build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the age and build-times pages.
What it supplies
| Product | For | Operating 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
| Design | Generation | Capacity | Operating | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CP1 | II | 880–950 MWe gross | 20 | 20 |
| P4 1300 MWe series | II | 1300–1360 MWe gross | 20 | 20 |
| CP2 | II | 880–950 MWe gross | 10 | 10 |
| EPR | III+ | 1600–1750 MWe gross | 4 | 24 |
| CP0 | II | 880–920 MWe gross | 4 | 6 |
| N4 1450 MWe series | II | 1450–1560 MWe gross | 4 | 4 |
| M310 | II | 950–1000 MWe gross | 4 | 4 |
Installed base
Sources
- Framatome, company source
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data