(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 27. Kazakhstan and France have a very long history of partnership and
cooperation in the wider nuclear energy sector, particularly in the
uranium trade, a source at Électricité de France (EDF) told
trend .
'What we can offer and bring to the table is many
years of experience based on designing, building, and operating
large reactors,' the source said.
The EDF representative also disclosed the discussions
held between Vakis Ramany, Vice-President for International New
Nuclear Development at EDF, Bulat Akchulakov, Minister of Energy of
Kazakhstan, and Zhandos Nurmaganbetov, Vice-Minister of Energy of
Kazakhstan revolved around the perspectives of the cooperation in
the civil nuclear domain between Kazakhstan and France.
'Électricité de France is looking at all the necessary
conditions to facilitate the implementation of the EPR1200
technology, which is very suitable for Kazakhstan's power system,'
the EDF representative added.
Additionally, the French company, the Government of
Kazakhstan, and the Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants (KNPP), a
branch of the government's Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund that
specializes in the construction of nuclear power plants, already
had several discussions to analyze what the different aspects of
potential cooperation might be.
The EDF representative added that the company will use
its expertise to support a safe and reliable long-term
operation.
The EDF representative concluded by saying that they
expect Kazakhstan and France to cooperate in this direction for a
long time.
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