Steam generator handling in the reactor building The Reactors and Services division contributed 21% to AREVA group sales. The division designs and builds the two leading types of reactors currently in use around the world - pressurized water reactors (PWR) and boiling water reactors (BWR) - as well as naval propulsion and research/test reactors. It also offers products and services for upgrades, inspection, servicing and day-to-day operations of all types of nuclear power plants, as well as for nuclear propulsion and nuclear measurement. The division is organized into seven business units :  Plants business unit: design, construction and engineering of nuclear power plants,  Equipment business unit: design and fabrication of nuclear power plant components,  Nuclear Services business unit: maintenance, inspection and servicing of nuclear power plants,  AREVA TA business unit: design and fabrication of naval propulsion reactors and complex systems with a high level of safety,  Nuclear Measurement business unit: design and fabrication of nuclear measurement instrumentation,  Consulting & Information Systems business unit: consulting, systems integration and MIS outsourcing,  Renewable Energies business unit.  Learn more about the Reactors & Services division

Position

AREVA is the world's leading supplier of equipment and services for nuclear power and ranked first in terms of installed capacity. In terms of installed capacity, AREVA supplied the majority of the world's pressurized water reactors (PWR), representing close to two-thirds of all power reactors in the world, in competition with groups such as Westinghouse-Toshiba and Atomprom of Russia. Its reactors are located in key regions of the globe: North and South America, South Africa, China, South Korea and Western Europe.

The group also has solid experience in boiling water reactors (BWRs), for which General Electric is the world leader. There is a more limited market for BWRs than for PWRs; BWR units are in service in Japan, the United States, Germany and Northern Europe.

2007 Financial data

Sales breakdown by region




Sales revenue breakdown by business unit

Reactors & Services in €M	2007	2006	2005
Sales revenue	2,717	2,312	2,348
Operating income	(178)	(420)	87
EBITDA	(125)	7	173
Net operating CAPEX	(322)	(341)	(170)
Change in operating working capital requirement	(81)	(21)	226
Free operating cash flow	(528)	(350)	228
Capital employed	178	(67)	24
Workforce	16,500	14,936	14,323

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Presentations

Press Kit: Finnish EPR: the first reactor of the third generation under construction in the world - May 2007  24/01/2006: Chalon Saint-Marcel plant - France Presentation of the strategic and economic stakes of the Reactors & Services division (PDF - 1,19 Mo)  AREVA Technical Days 3 - Operations of the Reactors & Services Division - July 2003

Film	EPR project > Olkiluoto 3 (Finland): 50 months in 300 seconds
	The EPR, the advanced reactor
	In the heart of a Pressurized Water Reactor

Brochures

Learning more about biomass (2007)  The EPR, a Strategic Choice - February 2004 (pdf - 2,5 Mo)

Useful links: find out more…

www.industrie.gouv.fr (only in French) / www.cea.fr: reports on Generation IV reactors
www.intercad.org: the ITER project in Cadarache (France)
www.wano.org.uk: World Association of Nuclear Operators. Carte mondiale des centrales.
www.worldenergy.org: World Association of Nuclear Operators. World map of power plants.

EPR
www.ol3.areva-np.com: Website of the Olkiluoto 3 EPR in Finland.
www.tvo.fi: Website of Finnish utility Teollisuuden Voima Oy (TVO), operator of the future EPR in Finland.
www.unistarnuclear.com: Unistar Nuclear is a joint venture between AREVA and the U.S. utility Constellation Energy which will propose an innovative program to develop the EPR in the United States.