Beloyarskaya nuclear power station hosted the meeting of RosEnergoAtom and Électricité de France Coordinating Board on June 21 to June 23, 2006. The Russian party was comprised by the management of RosEnergoAtom, Beloyarskaya nuclear power station, Volgodonskaya nuclear power station, AtomTrudResource and AtomTechEnergo, the French party was represented by the executives of various departments of Électricité de France.

The attendees updated each other on the state of events in the nuclear industries of the two countries and discussed their cooperation opportunities. The French experts had a chance to look at the activity records and the potential of the BN-600 reactor, at the construction site of the new BN-800 feeding unit, and at the prospective new process platform based on the fast reactors with a closed nuclear fuel cycle. The French representatives shared their experience gained during the construction of the EPR-1600 feeding unit at Flamanville (this plant is a ‘sworn brother’ of Volgodonskaya nuclear power station) and spoke on managing the unit construction.

The meeting participants also discussed the issues of operating, engineering, control and inspection, and personnel policies.