Scandinavian firms form nuclear decommissioning partnership

Finland-based Fortum and Cyclife Sweden, part of the France-based EDF Group, have signed a partnership to develop commercial services in nuclear decommissioning and waste management focusing on the Nordic market.

Via the new partnership, the companies say they will “utilize their complementary competencies and strong experiences in nuclear decommissioning and waste management to offer an extensive service supply and create value for its customers through cost optimization, risk mitigation and interface reduction.”

The services of the as yet unnamed partnership will include “waste management services with all-inclusive solutions and innovative dismantling concepts in nuclear decommissioning,” according to a news release announcing the partnership.

“Integrating Fortum’s conventional dismantling technologies and methods into the nuclear industry creates cost-efficient solutions and the basis for an industrialized decommissioning platform,” says Anni Jaarinen, head of decommissioning and waste in Fortum’s Nuclear Services.

“Cyclife Sweden has full access to EDF group’s 30 years of decommissioning experience on its own fleet, and as such bring its large capabilities and skills on nuclear decommissioning and waste management through its local radioactive waste treatment facility,” says Mats Fridolfsson, managing director of Cyclife Sweden.