Areva and EDF are involved in the development of nuclear Italian
The joint venture created by EDF and Enel of Italy, has signed a partnership agreement with Ansaldo, the nuclear branch of the Italian group Finmeccanica. This five-year partnership provides for cooperation between the alliance and Ansaldo "for the development and construction of 4 nuclear reactors that EDF and Enel EPR planning to build in Italy" says EDF.
For its part Areva said it had signed three agreements with companies in Italy on Friday. The first agreement, signed with Ansaldo will enable both companies to work together in Italy, under the planned construction of four reactors conducted by ENEL and EDF, but also in the rest of the world.This partnership will result in particular through cooperation in the engineering, supply of certain equipment and assembly work and testing of commissioning.
The second agreement, signed with Techint, a group specializing in engineering and construction of large industrial facilities, provides for cooperation of two companies in future nuclear projects turnkey projects in the world fast cash now.
Finally, a training agreement was signed with the university consortium for research and nuclear technology (CIRTEN). It provides the contribution of Areva to develop new nuclear industrial capabilities in Italy.
These agreements come as the annual summit between France and Italy takes place in Paris, where Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, meet.The purpose of these agreements for EDF and Areva is to be in the running for the revival of nuclear energy in Italy from 2013.
Italy banned nuclear power in 1987 following the Chernobyl accident. But this year, a decree established a timetable for the construction of new reactors began in 2013. Silvio Berlusconi, had expressed a wish that 25% of the electricity produced in Italy comes from nuclear reactors.
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