EDF qualifies the excellent results at Flamanville 1 as a “collective victory”

GDES congratulated for inner and outer containment work (project Extrados).

GDES, together with the rest of the companies that have intervened, has been congratulated by Senior Management at EDF Flamanville 1 & 2 power plant for their work on the inner and outer containment structures. During the refuelling outage at Flamanville 1 our client, EDF, carried out ten-year containment resistance and leak-tightness tests under the supervision of the French Nuclear Safety Authority.  The results of these tests will serve as a final validation of the coating system developed by our company (SIKAWRAP 230C SYSTEM).

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GDES France is awarded its first dismantling contract

GDES France has been awarded a contract for electromechanical decommissioning of hot cell facility (Cellule MEC) at the Bugey 1 Nuclear Power Plant. The contract, awarded by EDF, was secured through a joint venture with D&S. The project was launched on 29 June and the dismantling operations are scheduled to run from the last quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019.

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GDES UK powering up with Dounreay-Wood contract

Wood wins Dounreay nuclear design and engineering framework contract with GDES, Orano and Aquila as influential partners

Wood, as prime contractor, and GDES, Orano and Aquila as a influential partners, has won a framework contract to provide design and engineering services to the Dounreay nuclear site in Scotland, UK.

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