New nuclear European engineering collaboration to support EDF
The launch of the JV took place in Lyon, France, in the presence of Agnès Pannier-Runacher, France Minister for Energy Transition
NUCEAL’s aim is to support the numerous nuclear programs developed or to be developed by EDF in the EU. Support to the EDF’s UK programs will also be considered. With over 12,000 employees in the EU, and with a strong knowledge of nuclear throughout the EU, NUCEAL has the key skills and the teams organised in all the geographical areas concerned and will be able to put its global and local expertise at the service of EDF.
EDF is developing large nuclear power plant projects in France, in the UK and possibly in other European countries including Poland, Czech Republic or Netherlands, among others. The delivery of these programs will require strong engineering support in each country to secure the resources and expertise to build nuclear power at the required pace and scale.
For the development of its NUWARD SMR, which is encountering growing interest from certain countries, EDF will require a European supply chain to ensure local integration as well as management of the regulatory requirements specific to each country.
Assystem, IDOM and VUJE collaborate and create NUCEAL to support EDF in nuclear European projects
Union makes force
Each company brings its own specialism to the Joint Venture. Their collaboration is built on providing highly compatible services and teams, with years of combined experience delivering civil nuclear reactors new build.
“One of the success conditions of the numerous nuclear projects EDF has in Europe is the availability of a strong European supply chain”, Thomas Branche, Assystem’s Senior Vice President for Engineering
Assystem has been delivering nuclear programmes for more than 55 years and has supported the design, construction, and commissioning of power plants in France, Turkey, Finland, China and the UAE. Its offer in digital for complex projects is well developed and is already delivering efficiencies on nuclear power programmes today.
IDOM also has strong capabilities and experience in the whole nuclear power lifecycle and electricity generation, among others, developing projects in 125 countries (32 in the nuclear sector) over the past 65 years.
VUJE brings an experienced team of technical experts with experience of developing nuclear power in Central and Eastern Europe and capability in transmission and distribution engineering.
Source: IDOM
