In the frame of this agreement, the companies signed a first engineering contract as well as a letter of intent (LOI) for the delivery contracts to come.

This recent agreement is similar to the one signed in 2008 between the two companies for the modernization of the Kola nuclear power plant, situated in the far north of Russia using the TELEPERM XS control system.

VNIIAES is a subsidiary of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and the integrator of the safety I&C systems for Russia’s new-build program.

Areva provides technological solutions for highly reliable nuclear power generation and electricity transmission and distribution.