Framatome, Edison and PoliMi Partner For R&T In Nuclear Energy

Last week, Framatome (ENS Corporate Member), Edison, and Politecnico di Milano announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for scientific and technological research and training in the field of nuclear energy.

The parties will combine their respective technical knowledge and expertise to jointly develop research, development and innovation activities for the nuclear sector.

In particular, the cooperation agreement provides for joint projects through internships, master’s degree and doctoral dissertations, seminars, workshops and other similar initiatives on technical topics of mutual interest.

Meetings, training courses as well as visits for students and their respective employees to Framatome’s production sites and plants and the Politecnico di Milano’s and Edison’s research laboratories will be also organised to improve the exchange of knowledge and know-how.

The Politecnico di Milano […] confirms and increases its historical strength and attractiveness, both towards the new generations – tripling the number of students enrolled in this field in the last five years – and towards industrial stakeholders, committed to evaluating and developing new nuclear technologies, which are fundamental to contributing to the solution of the energy problem, in terms of environmental sustainability, strategic safety, and socio-economic impact.

said Marco Ricotti, Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano and member of the ENS High Scientific Council.

Read the full Framatome Press Release.

The growing demand for workforce and the need to attract, train and retain talents in the nuclear sector are widely shared by nuclear and new-to-nuclear countries, so close collaboration and strong partnerships between industry and academia are essential.

Framatome is among those companies steadily supporting E&T opportunities and advances like recently done in Slovakia and Poland, where our Corporate Member signed an MoU respectively with the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava and the National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) to strengthen nuclear education and research in the country