Fuel supply and management
Fuel supply and management are critical factors in the operation of a nuclear power plant. Security of supply, reduction in fuel cycle costs, and management of spent fuel and waste are major client concerns. AREVA responds with a series of solutions spanning the entire fuel cycle.
Whether they assign their entire fuel cycle management or just a part of it to AREVA, clients are provided with a response adapted to their particular needs.
At each of the stages of the fuel cycle, innovative solutions exist:
- Front End: an array of services from uranium extraction to fabrication of fuel assemblies.
- Back End: recovery solutions that utilize spent fuel while optimally reducing and treating the wastes produced.
- Logistical services help strengthen the reliability of these solutions.
Clients benefit from:
- Experience of a worldwide leader
- A nearby sales network
- The most high-performance technologies, thanks to major investments
- Industrial capacities adapted to future needs
- Unequaled diversification of mining and industrial assets.
Field Report #6: Fuel Security of Supply
The context has changed, but tensions in the marketplace may remain between fuel cycle supply and demand. For utilities, that means that securing fuel supply is more than ever a daunting challenge.
This goal is reachable with AREVA’s unique investments in a diversified supply chain of uranium and fuel cycle services.
A wide line of fuel assemblies
The range of fuel assemblies applies to all types of boiling water- or pressurized water reactors. It integrates all stages of the cycle leading to the supply of fuel to clients.
Solutions for the entire uranium cycle
AREVA offers its clients a spread of proven industrial technologies and capacities adapted to their needs, addressing each step of the uranium cycle.
Optimized fuel and waste management
AREVA enables its customers to fully profit from the energy potential of their used fuel by recycling it.
Transport and packaging solutions
AREVA transports nuclear materials to its clients around the world, with a universally consistent quality of service and level of safety.

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