Framatome has renewed its 2017 cooperation agreements with Technicatome. Loïc Rocard, President and CEO of TechnicAtome and Bernard Fontana, CEO of Framatome, reaffirmed their commitment to continue their partnership in the conduct of their industrial activities related to National Defense.
TechnicAtome, designer and prime contractor and Framatome, one of its main industrial partners, collaboraqte in the production of equipment for nuclear propulsion reactors. The two companies have defined in a framework agreement the modalities of their collaboration .
"Framatome and TechnicAtome have been linked for five decades by mastering the same technology, that of pressurised water reactors, which explains why we have many areas of partnership: for the design and manufacture of cores, tanks, primary pumps,” said Loïc Rocard. “The partnership we maintain testifies to the link that exists in France between the civil sector and that of naval propulsion, which is military. The search for excellence in both fields is an old and lasting characteristic of TechnicAtome.” He noted the strong links with Framatome, “with whom we are also shareholders of Arcys, a leading company in the field of security command control”.
Bernard Fontana also referred to TechnicAtome and Framatome being long-standing historical industrial partners with common expertise in pressurised water reactors. “We are very proud through Framatome Defense to bring our know-how, our skills and the contribution of our industrial sites to the realisation and operation of nuclear propulsion reactors. Framatome's participation in submarine or aircraft carrier programmes implementing nuclear propulsion is a source of great motivation for our employees.”
Framatome stressed the importance of maintaining the skills of the nuclear defence sector. The requirements of the compact reactors developed by TechnicAtome, and in particular the nuclear propulsion boiler rooms, require specific skills which need to be guaranteed throughout the life of a programme (20 years of design followed by 40 years of operation) and whose acquisition lasts between five and 10 years depending on the specialties. “Through these agreements, TechnicAtome and Framatome aim to facilitate professional paths and strengthen synergies between the two companies,” Framatome noted.
Framatome is owned by the EDF Group (75.5%), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) - 19.5%) and Assystem (5%).
Image: Loïc Rocard, President and CEO of TechnicAtome and Bernard Fontana, CEO of Framatome, renew their commitment to continue their partnership in the conduct of their industrial activities related to National Defense (courtesy of Framatome)