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Key partner quits EDF’s Nuward small nuclear reactor project

According to a TechniAtome internal email seen by Euractiv, on 5 July the teams working on the Nuward project were asked to demobilise – just four days after EDF announced its intention to “evolve the design” of its SMR.

EDF’s small nuclear reactor project, Nuward, is seeing some of its
partners abandon ship, after the company decided to redesign its project
last July.

In an internal email from TechnicAtome, the content of which has
been seen by Euractiv, the specialist in nuclear naval propulsion reactors
asks its teams to “immediately proceed” with the “closing operations” of
its participation in the Nuward small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project
led by EDF.

This consists of demobilizing the teams working on the project,
terminating current contracts, stopping testing activities and documentary
production, the document specifies. This email was sent on July 5th, just
four days after Nuward announced on Linkedin on July 1st that it was
“evolving the design” of its SMR, i.e., evolving its concept.

 Euractiv 2nd Dec 2024 https://www.euractiv.fr/section/energie-climat/news/technicatome-quitte-le-projet-nuward-dedf-de-petit-reacteur-nucleaire/

December 5, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized