Division overview

The Reactors & Services Division covers operations concerning the design and construction of light water nuclear reactors, the PWR and the BWR, as well as the EPR type reactors.

It is the world's leading supplier of equipment and services for nuclear energy. The group also supplies maintenance, modernization and capacity improvement services for existing reactors.

The Reactors & Services Division is made up of 6 business units*:

Plants: design, construction and startup of new reactors, and monitoring, renovation and optimization of existing reactors.

Equipment: manufacture of key components for nuclear power plants.

Nuclear services: reactor optimization services (inspection, maintenance, improvement, etc.).

Nuclear measurement: design and construction of systems and devices designed to measure radioactivity.

Consulting and information systems: IT services (information management, integration and consulting).

AREVA TA: design, production and maintenance of nuclear reactors for the propulsion of submarines and aircraft carriers.

The business unit has also developed capabilities in the engineering of industrial installations and the design of equipment and electronic systems for rail and air transport.

In 2006, the group supplied the majority of the world's pressurized water reactors (PWR), representing close to two thirds of all power reactors in the world.


* Business unit: activity or operational result center.