Programme

Aircraft carrier

Charles de Gaulle

Development, production and operational support of the nuclear steam supply systems on the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.

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Aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle Programme

In 2018, TechnicAtome carried out the unloading of nuclear cores and reloading with new fuel, the maintenance of the main components of both nuclear reactors, and the I&c system.

Main services

  • Development and production of the aircraft carrier nuclear steam supply system
  • Design and manufacture of the start-up and reload cores
  • Designer support to the design authority from the active commissioning of the nuclear steam supply systems
  • Services for the operational maintenance (OM) for steam supply systems on behalf of NAVAL Group, the NAVAL Group contracting authority, and the OM of the armed vessel
  • First and second servicing outage of the nuclear steam supply system during the Major Technical Outage

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Main stages:

  • May 7, 1994 Launch
  • May 18, 2001 Commissioning
  • 2007-2008 : First major technical outage
  • 2017-2018 : Second major technical outage