Under the terms of the agreement, Areva will provide its expertise and experience for the installation of a used fuel transportation and logistics system in China.

The new joint venture aims to become CNNC’s supplier for spent fuel transport operations by road, train and sea modes.

The agreement is a part of strategic partnership agreed by Areva and CNNC in March 2014 related to the identification of all the opportunities for cooperation in all civil nuclear fields, in the fuel cycle as well as reactors and services.