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On 22 April 2021, Electricite de France (EDF) submitted to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) a binding techno-commercial offer to develop six EPR reactors at the Jaitapur site in Maharashtra, India with an installed capacity of 9.6 GWe. EDF said: “This major milestone for EDF, its partners and the French nuclear industry will enable discussions aimed at converging towards a binding framework agreement in the coming months.”

Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-signs-agreement-to-construct-six-epr-reactors-in-india-8699336

France’s Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (CEA - Atomic & Alternative Energies Commission) is abandoning plans to build its prototype fast-breeder for the ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration) project, Le Monde reported on 30 August. 

Date: Tuesday, 03 September 2019
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-cancels-astrid-fast-reactor-project-7394432

Policymakers have unreasonably and unfairly overlooked the role of nuclear energy in the fight against climate change, writes Borislav Boev, a PhD student at D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics in Bulgaria.

Date: Monday, 04 March 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Why-we-need-nuclear-power

6 May (NucNet): France and Japan will cooperate on the development of Generation IV fast breeder reactors (FBR) including the Astrid project, which is under development in France.

Date: Tuesday, 06 May 2014
Original article: nucnet.org/news/france-and-japan-announce-cooperation-on-generation-iv-astrid-fbr

10 Nov (NucNet): France’s Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (atomic and alternative energy commission; CEA) signed an agreement with Areva yesterday to collaborate on initial design studies for Astrid, the advanced Generation IV sodium technological reactor for industrial demonstration.

Date: Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Original article: nucnet.org/news/cea-and-areva-to-collaborate-on-generation-iv-astrid-prototype-design

UK-based Sheffield Forgemasters has signed a technology transfer agreement with Indian state run power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). The ten-year agreement is estimated to be worth £30m ($43m) over the next decade.

Date: Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newssheffield-forgemasters-forges-deal-with-bhel