EDF Announces Investments For New Manufacturing Facility in France EDF (ENS Corporate Member), through its subsidiary Arabelle Solutions, has announced an investment of nearly €100 million to build a new factory in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, which will supply equipment for France’s future construction programme of six EPR2 reactors, as well as eight additional potential EPR2 reactors,…
EDF Creates FINABe Advisory Board to Support Financing of New Nuclear Projects During the recent Nuclear Energy Summit 2026 in Paris, EDF (ENS Corporate Member) announced the creation of its international advisory board FINABe (Financing and Investing in Nuclear – Advisory Board EDF), dedicated to facilitating the financing and investment of new nuclear projects worldwide.…
EDF Announces Additional Life Extensions for Two UK Nuclear Power Plants EDF (ENS Corporate Member) has confirmed further life extensions for two of its UK nuclear power stations – Heysham 1 (two units) in Lancashire and Hartlepool (two units) in Teesside, which will continue generating until March 2028, an extension of 12 months. The decision…
EDF, Edison and ENEA To Partner On Innovative Nuclear Technologies EDF (ENS Corporate Member), Edison, and ENEA (the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development) announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on innovative nuclear technologies. The MoU aims to collaborate on the industrial applications of small modular reactors (SMRs). In…
EDF Announces Life Extensions for Four UK Nuclear Power Plants EDF (ENS Corporate Member) announced the lifetime extension of four nuclear power plants in the United Kingdom, so as to generate for longer in a boost to the country’s energy security and clean power targets. The four plants, all operating Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor technologies,…
EDF and Ansaldo Join A Partnership To Decarbonise Steel Industry This week, EDF, Ansaldo Nucleare (ENS Corporate Members), Ansaldo Energia, Edison, and Federacciai announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at promoting cooperation in the use of nuclear energy to boost the competitiveness and decarbonisation of the Italian steel industry. The signatories of…
Projects, Innovations, Workforce and Talents – How will the nuclear of the future cope with them? Interview with Patrick Bossaert, HR Director for New Nuclear Project at EDF EDF (ENS Corporate Member) is the operator of the whole French nuclear fleet. While operating 56 reactors in the country, EDF is planning new large-size reactors in…
Framatome And EDF Cooperate To Test EATF In French Reactor Framatome and EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) signed a collaboration agreement to test its enhanced accident-tolerant fuel (EATF) technology in an operating nuclear power plant in France. As part of its PROtect EATF programme, Framatome will manufacture and deliver four lead fuel assemblies (LFAs) that…
Tractebel, EDF And NUWARD Signed A New Agreement On SMR Project Tractebel, EDF (both ENS Corporate Members) and NUWARD signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement to strengthen and extend their collaboration in the development of the NUWARD Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology. With this long-term agreement to support the project, Tractebel will allocate more resources to NUWARD…
EDF Partners With Ansaldo On SMR Development ENS Corporate Members EDF and Ansaldo Nucleare, together with Ansaldo Energia and Edison, announced the signature of a Letter of Intention to explore the potential industrial cooperation for the development of nuclear power, and specifically small modular reactors (SMRs), in Europe. The aim of the agreement is to…