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Framatome Signs Agreement To Cooperate With Japan On SFRs
By Kamen Kraev
6 December 2024
Move is part of new Japanese programme for development of demonstration plant
Framatome signed the agreement with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Mitsubishi FBR Systems. From left to right : Shinichi Kihara, director-general for energy and environmental affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Vincent Berger, French high commissioner for atomic energy; Hidehito Mimaki, senior vice-president, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; François Billot, executive vice-president, Framatome; Masanori Koguchi, president, Japan Atomic Energy Agency; Makoto Yamagishi, president, Mitsubishi FBR Systems; and Takashi Kiyoura, deputy director-general, research and development bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Courtesy Framatome.
French nuclear fuel and equipment manufacturer Framatome has signed an agreement with several Japanese organisations to cooperate in the development of sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) technology, a statement said.
