Entergy and Framatome Technologies Will Team to Provide License Renewal Services

Entergy Nuclear and Framatome Technologies (FTI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to offer operating license renewal services to nuclear power plants in the United States.

“This is an outstanding combination for nuclear power plant owners who need expert assistance in license renewal,” said Randy Hutchinson, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Entergy Nuclear. “We will be offering Entergy’s extensive knowledge as the second largest nuclear operator in the country along with Framatome’s proven expertise, especially in pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology.”

Ed Kane, Chief Engineer at FTI, said, “The Entergy-Framatome Technologies Team will add value at other plants through their depth of technical expertise, extensive experience, and dedication of resources.”

The combination of Entergy Nuclear and Framatome Technologies provides unique and diverse capabilities for supporting License Renewal activities. These capabilities extend from FTI’s extensive materials and engineering capabilities to Entergy’s diverse operating experience with many different reactor types. FTI, through the Babcock & Wilcox Owners Group, helped develop the structural and mechanical tools now used widely in support of License Renewal. This combination of experience and capabilities is unmatched in the industry.

Framatome Technologies has or is providing license renewal services and engineering to a number of other nuclear utilities, including all PWR types in the United States.