AMEC to partner Chinese nuclear firm
12 Sep 2014
Engineering contractor AMEC today announced it had signed an agreement with China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to co-operate across the civil nuclear sector, both in China and the UK.
The agreement will see CNNC – one of two Chinese firms investing in EDF’s Hinkley Point C plant - and AMEC work together to secure global opportunities in new build, nuclear power plant operational support and lifetime extension and decommissioning and waste management.
We will work together on new build programmes both in the UK and internationally
AMEC’s Clive White
“This is the first stage in what we hope will be a long-term relationship between British and Chinese companies in the field of nuclear energy,” said Clive White, president of AMEC’s Clean Energy Europe Business.
“This agreement will strengthen the co-operation between AMEC and CNNC across the nuclear sector. We will work together, for example, on new build programmes, both in the UK and internationally and also planning and strategy development for decommissioning nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities in China under the guidance of the Chinese government.”
The memorandum of understanding between the two firms follows an agreement between the UK and Chinese governments this summer over cooperation on nuclear energy .
CNNC is also poised to take an equity stake in EDF’s planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant alongside China General Nuclear Corporation.
