Areva signs pre-engineering agreements for Jaitapur

• 9 years ago (2015-04-16)
• Junior Isles

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French power firm Areva has signed a pre-engineering agreement (PEA) with Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) to set up two Evolutionary Power Reactors (EPR) at the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra state, India. The reactors will have a capacity of 1650 MW each.

The agreement also includes provision for licence assessment of the EPR project in compliance with Indian laws, codes, guides, regulations, manuals, practices, and general acceptability.

It is expected that the pre-engineering arrangements will bring down time and cost during the implementation of the nuclear power project.

Areva has also signed a co-operation deal with India -based L&T to maximise localisation of EPR nuclear reactors in the country.