What's the EPR?
The EPR is based on long proven pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology. It uses Uranium oxide fuel slightly enriched in U235, up to 5%, or mixed uranium and plutonium oxide fuel (MOX). Its net electrical power is in the range of 1,600 MWe.
The EPR is the result of a joint venture between Framatome* and Siemens KWU whose nuclear activities have since been merged to form Framatome ANP*.
It has the following advantages over its predecessors:
- its performance levels have been greatly improved, resulting in increased competitiveness,
- it includes a considerable number of advanced technological features that make it extremely safe,
- operation and maintenance are simplified,
- it provides solutions to sustainable development issues, notably by generating less waste and effluents.
* Now AREVA NP
To learn more:
 Download the publication: The EPR, a strategic choice
Read the press kit: The EPR, the advanced nuclear reactor (October 2004)
 View the 3D video clip about EPR
 Week picture: Olkiluoto, Finland's fifth reactor and AREVA's first EPR
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