2015年CRI 法国阿海珐集团同中国合作伙伴签署协议

 

The French nuclear power giant Areva has signed several major agreements with its Chinese partners China National Nuclear Corporation and China Guangdong Nuclear Power and the largest French Power company EDF.

According to Areva, a memorandum¹ of understanding (MOU) with CNNC for a used fuel processing and recycling facility has been signed, marking a new step forward in the Chinese project.

Areva says The MOU formalizes the end of technical discussions, defines the schedule for commercial negotiations² and confirms the willingness of both groups to finalize³ the negotiations in the shortest possible timeframe.

Another agreement with CNNC enlarging and deepening existing areas of bilateral⁴ cooperation covers the entire fuel cycle, Areva says, adding that it covers the extraction and conversion⁵ of uranium, fabrication of zirconium fuel assemblies, deconstruction and dismantling⁶, transportation and recycling.

French economic analyst⁷ Laurence Daziano is lauding⁸ the China-France nuclear energy cooperation, saying China has always been a good choice for the French to join hands with.

"The French nuclear industry is in trouble, actually, and needs financing. And, China is one of the possible partners to invest in our nuclear industry. It's not the only one, and I think the French government has a range of possible companies, or possible partners, to deal with in nuclear energy. But, China is [a] very important one. China is building a lot of nuclear plants on its territory, and there are also possibilities of cooperation."

It is noted⁹ that Areva's net income has been a loss of some 4,800 million euros in 2014 compared with a loss of nearly 500 million euros in 2013. A closer cooperation with Chinese partners will be favorable for Areva to end its commercial difficulties.

The agreement also concerns greater cooperation in research and development. A letter of intent was signed together with CGN and EDF on establishing a long-term partnership¹⁰ in the field of medium- and high-power reactors¹¹, which takes into account, in particular, experience feedback from Taishan Phase 1.

In the field of reactors, with the support of Areva, EDF and CNNC plan to study, in particular, the possibility of closer cooperation in medium- and high-power reactors, particularly in the area of industrial procurement¹².

Daziano says a deeper cooperation and wider exchange is mutually beneficial.

"The exchanges are needed. Not only Chinese investment in France, but also French investment in China. China, especially, I was talking about urbanization, China is very good at small cities, at building small cities, and we can also in France learn from it. And, these exchanges is something that is very interesting, and this is, what we most can take about this relation [is that] it's just a win-win relation between our two countries."

France and China have a long history of cooperation. The French Republic was the first major power outside Asia to have full diplomatic ties with China.

Nuclear cooperation between the nations dates back some 30 years ago. Both Paris and Beijing agreed the France-China comprehensive strategic partnership has entered a new era and brought plenty of benefits to both peoples.

1 memorandum   

n.备忘录，便笺

参考例句：

• The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
• The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 finalize   

v.落实，定下来

参考例句：

• Let us finalize tonight.让我们今天晚上干完
• 。At the same time,industrial designers work with engineers to finalize components and assembly.同时，工业设计师和工程师一道来完成部件和组装部分的工作。

4 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

5 conversion   

n.转化，转换，转变

参考例句：

• He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
• Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。

6 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

7 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

8 lauding   

v.称赞，赞美( laud的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Let sing out our own song lauding life, lauding world. 让我们以我们自己的歌来咏赞生命，咏赞世界吧！ 来自互联网
• Vice President-elect Joe Biden also spoke, lauding the value of work and the dignity it brings. 副总统当选人乔·拜登经常说，要赞颂工作的价值及其带来的高贵。 来自互联网

9 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

10 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

11 reactors   

起反应的人( reactor的名词复数 )； 反应装置； 原子炉； 核反应堆

参考例句：

• The TMI nuclear facility has two reactors. 三哩岛核设施有两个反应堆。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆，必须使用普通铀作为燃料。

12 procurement   

n.采购；获得

参考例句：

• He is in charge of the procurement of materials.他负责物资的采购。
• More and more,human food procurement came to have a dominant effect on their evolution.人类获取食物愈来愈显著地影响到人类的进化。