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Framatome, Romans-sur-Isère
Romans-sur-Isère, France45.04°N 5.05°E
computed criticality19/100
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One of the three big Western makers of PWR fuel
2024Fault line
The heart of French PWR assembly fabrication, it supplies the EDF fleet and exports. Fuel fabrication is less concentrated than conversion or enrichment, but each reactor-fuel combination remains a nearly unique qualified pairing: substituting a supplier takes years of demonstration irradiation.
Actors
Framatome (Courbevoie)
EDF (main customer)
Depends on 4
Orano, TricastinNuclear · Link↗Urenco, Almelo & the Gronau / Capenhurst / Eunice networkNuclear · Critical anchor↗Framatome zirconium-hafnium, Jarrie, IsèreCritical Metals · Critical anchor↗Aubert & Duval, Les Ancizes siteChemicals & Materials · Critical anchor↗Feeds 1
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