AREVA and engineering and design firm Atkins yesterday announced the formation of a joint venture to compete for Tier 2 contracts in the United Kingdom’s nuclear decommissioning market. French nuclear company AREVA, which with URS and AMEC is part of a team managing the Sellafield site, will work with UK-based Atkins, which has completed consulting work at Sellafield and the Magnox sites. The AREVA-ATKINS Partnership UK will be based in Warrington, England. “We are delighted to link with a company with such a strong reputation as Atkins,” Dominique Mockly, AREVA Senior Executive Vice President, Back End Business Group said in a statement. “This will enable us to put our proven technology to use in meeting the challenges of UK decommissioning and strengthen AREVA’s footprint in the country.”
AREVA AND ATKINS PARTNER TO COMPETE FOR UK D&D WORK
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