AREVA, Atkins form joint venture to garner nuclear fuel management and decommissioning projects in UK

Global leader in nuclear energy AREVA has formed a joint venture with leading engineering and design consultancies Atkins to compete for projects nuclear fuel management and decommissioning sector in UK.

The partnership will have its headquarters at Warrington, in North West England and seek to combine the expertise of both companies to bid for contracts at Tier 2 level in the nuclear engineering sector.

AREVA senior executive vice president for the back end business group Dominique Mockly expressed his confidence to meet the challenges of the decommissioning in the country while expanding the company’s presence in the region.

Atkins energy CEO Martin Grant added, "We have been involved in the UK nuclear clean-up programme since the late 1980s and bring a wealth of experience in the UK nuclear sector.

"The partnership we have created today will allow us to further develop skills and capabilities to support a long term, sustainable UK nuclear industry."

AREVA brings its experience of handling back-end activities such as used-fuel recycling; decommissioning; waste management and transport solutions while Atkins leads design and engineering consultancies.

Atkin’s international nuclear consultancy has been working at Sellafield, Magnox and former UK atomic energy agency sites for about 25 years.