France-based Blue Capsule has signed a partnership agreement with the Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) that will extend support for fields such as equipment and components, materials, calculation codes and Triso-based fuel.*

Blue Capsule, which is designing an innovative small modular reactor that will supply industrial-grade heat to industry, said the new agreement is under the umbrella of financial support from French public investment bank BPI France.

Domnin Erard, Blue Capsule’s reactor architect, said: “France’s leadership in the fields of nuclear energy and low-carbon solutions is creating big opportunities for industry right across the country.