The MoU regards the cooperation for the development of the 4th Generation reactor, ALFRED.

Nuclearelectrica published a document on the Bucharest Stock Exchange announcing that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the FALCON Consortium (Ansaldo Nucleare, ENEA and ICN) regarding the cooperation for the development of the 4th Generation reactor, ALFRED. The goal of the Memorandum of Understanding is to set a cooperation framework between the two parties regarding the preproject works and the research and development activities which are to be implemented in order to develop the ALFRED project.

The company states that they together with the FALCON Consortium agreed on: the exchange of information and data regarding the technology of fast-neutron reactors, by using molten lead as a cooling agent, the coordination of the research activities, the in-kind contribution depending on the expertise and capabilities of each party, the studies and analyses independently conducted by each party for their optimization, and the planning of the necessary framework for preparing the demonstrative activities.