The contract includes the design, manufacture and delivery of the nine components plus all associated services. The work will be performed by Areva's Chalon/Saint-Marcel plant. Manufacturing of the first set of three steam generators is scheduled to get underway in 2010, for delivery in December 2012. The following two series will then be delivered in 2014 and 2015 respectively. A similar contract was previously signed with EDF in April 2006 to supply six replacement steam generators, also for its existing 900MW plants.