E.ON and CEA (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives / France) have signed a framework agreement on future cooperation in the field of nuclear energy research and development. The agreement provides the basis for new research projects focused on the future use of nuclear energy, which are in both CEA’s and E.ON’s interest.

The research projects relate to the so-called second generation nuclear reactors operated around the world, third generation plant construction projects currently under way as well as future reactors and options for fourth generation fuel cycles, which are expected to reach technical maturity for commercial use by the middle of this century.

Under the cooperation agreement, E.ON will gain access to CEA’s research results, while CEA will expand its European focus and include types of reactors in its research program that are planned or operated outside of France.

In addition to several other European cooperation projects, the two companies are already partners in the European Sustainable Nuclear Energy Technology Platform (SNETP) and in various communities of interest under the Strategic Energy Technology Plan of the EU Commission.

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