GD Energy Services (GDES), a Spanish group with international expertise in support services for the energy industry in operations and maintenance, surface treatment, decommissioning and emergencies, has signed a strategic purchase agreement with the French company SAP (Société d’Application de Peinture), which specialises in industrial paint and anti-corrosion coatings, acquiring 100% of its nuclear division. With this investment GDES is looking to consolidate its business in France, obtaining the human resources it will need to tackle its ambitious development plan for the French nuclear sector, with a local presence near the nuclear power plants of Tricastin, Cruas the Marcoule and Cadarache sites of the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).

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GDES France has recently secured its first contract to eliminate deposits from the residual heat removal (RHR) system exchangers of the primary circuit cooling system at the BLAYAIS Nuclear Power Plant – Unit 2. The service will be carried out in March 2019.

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This is the first time that a metallisation project of this type has been carried out in the French nuclear industry”

The Surface Treatment Services Division, headed by Fernando Lázaro, successfully completed the metallisation project at the Civaux Nuclear Power Plant, France, with pioneering success.

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The fifth edition of this congress, organised by French institutions PVSI (Pôle de Valorisation des Sites Industriels) and INSTN (Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires), took place in December. Its objective was to give an overview of the challenges and prospects for the decommissioning sector, and to present the major projects that are underway in the world.

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