Belgium-based engineering company Tractebel and France’s Altrad Endel have signed a 10-year cooperation agreement to help France’s state-owned nuclear operator EDF carry out its long-term operation programme and to potentially provide nuclear services abroad.
The companies said in a joint statement that the agreement renews and reinforces their existing partnership.
Tractebel and Altrad Endel, an industrial maintenance and services company, have contributed for the past seven years to upgrading the French nuclear fleet, which provides more than 60% of France’s electricity generation, the highest proportion in the world.