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India and France have agreed to strengthen their defence and security partnership following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to France at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. Following extensive discussions, a joint communique noted the strengthening of the strategic partnership between the two countries. Among other things, it “recognised that the promotion of clean and low-carbon energy, the preservation of biodiversity, the protection of the oceans and the fight against pollution were essential aspects of cooperation”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsindia-and-france-strengthen-defence-and-security-partnership-including-nuclear-11018226
Spanish, French and Slovakian engineering firms IDOM, Assystem and VUJE have set up the NUClear Engineering Alliance (NUCEAL) to support the development of EDF’s projects in the European Union. The joint venture was launched in Lyon, France, in the presence of French Minister for Energy Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 23 June 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-engineering-alliance-formed-to-support-edfs-european-projects-10959071
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.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-signs-agreement-to-construct-six-epr-reactors-in-india-8699336
EDF said that the next generation EPR, known as the EPR 2, would benefit from a reduction in preparatory studies leading to significant cost reductions.
The company said it was also planning on bringing in new oversight measures for its major projects, after a government audit last year highlighted planning deficiencies and poor coordination at some sites.
The audit pointed to several issues besetting the wider French nuclear industry, including a lack of specific skills at EDF, poor project management and problems the group has had in integrating the nuclear business of its failed competitor Areva.
EDF said it had made progress on a plan to align France’s nuclear industry with “the highest standards of diligence, quality and excellence required for the successful completion of nuclear projects”.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Saturday, 17 October 2020
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/company-says-it-will-unveil-epr-2-reactor-technology-in-2021-10-5-2020
A group of French companies on 17 September, during the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference in Vienna, announced a joint project, Nuward, aimed at the development of a small modular reactor (SMR) to meet the growing world demand for decarbonised, safe and competitive electricity generation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfrance-looks-to-develop-smrs-7420820
Several key agreements were signed during the first visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to China in the company of a business delegation.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 11 January 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newschina-and-france-sign-several-agreements-6025527
Corporate restructuring of the French nuclear sector is "on track and major milestones have been successfully achieved", Bernard Fontana, CEO of French engineering company Areva NP, said yesterday. These milestones include re-focusing Areva NP on its core business since July 2016 and the ongoing transfer of the company's assets to a "financially sound and cash-generating" subsidiary, namely New NP.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 15 September 2017
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Areva-NP-chief-highlights-restructuring-progress
French utility EDF said on 14 February that it would deliver positive cash flow next year before it has to invest in upgrading its ageing French nuclear plants and building new reactors in the UK. Announcing its financial results for 2016, EDF, which is 85% state-owned, said group sales were €71.203bn ($75.630bn), down 5.1%. Operating profit was up 75.6% at €7.514bn, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation were 6.7% lower, at €16.414bn, following the temporary closure of about a third of its French reactors last year for safety checks. The group's share of net income grew 140.2% to €2.851bn on lower impairment losses and an extension to 50 years of the accounting depreciation period of its 900MWe pressurised water reactors in France.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsedf-sales-down-but-improvement-expected-in-2018-5741134
The GBP18bn ($24bn) agreement for construction of the Hinkley Point C NPP was signed behind closed doors in London on 29 September in a low-key ceremony attended by UK Business Secretary Greg Clark, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault and China's National Energy Administration Director Nur Bekri. The final agreements enabling construction of two EPR units at Hinkley to proceed were signed by the UK government, major investor EDF and China General Nuclear (CGN), which has a 33.5% share in the project.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 04 October 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newshinkley-agreement-signed-at-last-5023406
Five labour union representatives in the Electricite de France (EDF) board of directors on 31 August filed a legal complaint in an attempt to annul approval of the Hinkley Point C NPP project in southwest England. The EDF board announced its decision on 28 July but the new UK government then refused to approve the project, saying it planned to review it again in “early autumn”. In a joint statement, three unions – CGT, CFE-CGC and FO – alleged that the French government and EDF CEO Jean-Bernard Lévy knew about the UK’s intentions to take additional time to review the project. "Some board members found out that they had not received the same level of information as the CEO and government representatives" the unions said. Under these conditions, there was “no justification to rush” the decision during the board meeting and “intentionally hide this important information”.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 02 September 2016
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsmore-hurdles-for-hinkley-4996027