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Construction experience
Project certainty: licensed and approved by the most demanding.
World-class licensing record
 The design of the EPR complies with safety requirements formulated by the French and German safety authorities as well as the requirements of a group of the major European electricity generation companies, as laid down in a joint specification named the "European Utility Requirements".
This specification was drawn up by electricity generation companies from Germany, Belgium, UK, Spain, Finland, France, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the Russia Federation and Sweden.
The EPR design also takes into account the expectations the "Utility Requirements Document" issued by the U.S. Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
The EPR has already secured construction licenses from two of the world’s most demanding safety authorities in France and Finland and is currently in line for a
Design Certificate and Combined Operating License (COL) in the USA, for a Design License in the UK (Generic Design Assessment) and for an operating license in China.
EPR is a reality
The EPR is the first Generation III+ reactor being built in the world.
4 EPRs are under construction:
 on the site of Olkiluoto in Finland since end of 2005,
on the site of Flamanville in France since mid-2007,
on the site of Taishan in China since August 2008.
Olkiluoto 3 site – Finland Flamanville site - France Taishan site – Chine
© AREVA - P. Bourdon © EDF - Alexis Morin © AFP - Samantha SIN
TVO in Finland and EDF in France will be the operating utilities. This construction experience will allow future other customers an improved feedback, in particular regarding construction time.
The EPR is also being considered by American utilities for the development of their generating capacity. The licensing process was launched December 2007.
In the UK, the licensing process has been launched on October 2007.
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Press releases
02/02/2010 - United States: AREVA Receives NRC Approval for Safety-Related Digital I&C System
02/01/2010 - Conversion: INB and AREVA sign a conversion services contract
01/20/2010 - AREVA signs agreement with Alstom and Schneider Electric for sale of the Transmission and Distribution business
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Press Releases - EPR
11/27/2009 - UK: Regulators reiterate confidence in EPR™ Technology
11/24/2009 - Finland: heavy components for OL3 EPR™ arrived on site
06/18/2009 - United States: AREVA, Duke Energy and UniStar Nuclear Energy start negotiations to develop an EPR™ reactor in Ohio
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