Engineer Avingtrans PLC (AIM:AVG) has struck a £3.5mln deal with French energy giant EDF over the supply components for its current fleet of seven nuclear power stations across the UK.
Avingtran's Maloney Metalcraft company will supply gas-cooling valves for each of the seven EDF managed reactors at Dungeness B, Hinkley Point B, Hunterson B, Hartlepool, Heysham 1, Heysham 2 and Torness.
These contracts will continue until the end of life of the stations.
Austen Adams, managing director of Avingtrans' energy and medical division said :"The Maloney Metalcraft team designed and supplied the original carbon dioxide gas drying systems for the stations back in the 1970s but, with further delays to the Hinkley Point C programme, extending the life of these older nuclear power stations has become critical to keeping the lights on across the UK."
Nuclear power generation in the UK is big news at the moment, after a shock delay by Theresa May' government on £18bn plans for Hinkley Point in Somerset.
It is reportedly due to concerns about the security implications of Chinese investment.
However, there has been a previous pledge EDF will be paid a fixed price of £92.50 per megawatt-hour of electricity for 35 years, meaning consumers will pay up to £30bn in subsidies. A decision is now expected in the autumn.