I-NERI Bilateral Collaborations

United States/France July 2001

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Chairman Pascal Colombani of the Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique (CEA) of France signed a bilateral agreement on July 9, 2001 to jointly fund innovative U.S.-French research in advanced reactors and fuel-cycle development. The joint research projects are developing next generation nuclear reactor technologies. The agreement implements the DOE/CEA Agreement of Cooperation in Advanced Nuclear Reactor Science and Technology signed on September 18, 2000.

The agreement with France provides a venue for DOE and CEA to fund joint U.S.-French project teams whose proposals are selected on the basis of merit.

Research and Development Areas of Collaboration:

• Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors
• Advanced Fuel and Materials Development
• Radiation Damage Simulation
• Hydrogen Production Using Nuclear Energy

Abstracts of projects under this collaboration are listed in the Research Projects section.

Announcement

U.S. Signs Bilateral R&D Agreement with France, July 2001. (Press Release)

Agreements

Implementing Arrangement No. 1 under the Agreement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique of France for Cooperation in Advanced Nuclear Reactor Science and Technology
Agreement (PDF 715 KB)

Amendment to the Agreement between the Department of Energy of the United States of America and the Commisariat a L’Energie Atomique of France for Cooperation in Advanced Nuclear Reactor Science and Technology
Agreement (PDF 600 KB)