Areva has been awarded a three-year, multi-million dollar contract to perform outage and maintenance activities for five nuclear power facilities in the USA.

Beginning in 2016, Areva will provide integrated outage services for two boiling water and six pressurized water reactors. This contracts includes inspection and maintenance services for the reactor vessel and vessel internals as well as the steam generators and reactor coolant pump motor refurbishments.

The contract falls within Areva’s "Forward Alliance" programme, which enables customers to combine a variety of advanced products and services into an integrated plan to meet their unique requirements.