Business France, the agency for the internationalisation of French business, is set to host key business meetings with Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) to showcase the expertise of French companies in the nuclear sector and promote their know-how with the Emirati group.

The meetings, to be organised from April 26 to 28 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, will provide an opportunity to 16 French majors to meet Emirati firms and develop partnerships with them.

French Nuclear Industry Exporters' Association will be jointly hosting the meeting, which will allow participating companies to promote their know-how with Enec.

The meeting comes at a time when Enec is set to start work on the development of the second phase of its nuclear programme. The UAE nuclear major will launch a second call for tenders over the next few years.
This expansion of the nuclear market represents a tremendous opportunity for the French nuclear industry, which would be well-advised to develop business relations with Enec as a matter of urgency, said a senior official of Business France.

With its 19 power plants and 58 reactors (second only to the US), France has globally-recognised technological and operational know-how as a result of which it has access to real export opportunities,  remarked Emmanuel Galland, the project manager.

"Although France launched its nuclear programme after other countries, it made up for lost time by building two to three reactors a year every year until the start of the ‘90s," stated Galland.

"The result is that, it has been able to maintain its know-how and has not suffered from any loss of knowledge transfer, contrary to other pioneering countries," he added.-TradeArabia News Service