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Nesma & Partners to implement works for KSA’s first nuclear plant

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Nesma & Partners and Bouygues Travaux Publics at the World Nuclear Exhibition 2021

Nesma & Partners has inked a MoU aimed towards implementing works for the first nuclear power plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [Image: Nesma & Partners | LinkedIn]

Électricité de France (EDF), which is a nuclear electric power generation company, has announced the signature of several industrial cooperation agreements involving Czech, Polish, Indian, Saudi and French partners.

This entailed strengthened collaboration between Bouygues Travaux Publics and EDF, and was also involved the conclusion of a MoU between Bouygues Travaux Publics and the Saudi construction company Nesma & Partners Contracting Co. Ltd, to jointly participate in the execution of civil works of a project in Saudi Arabia.

As per a LinkedIn post by Nesma & Partners, the MoU is aimed towards implementing works for the first nuclear power plant in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The agreement demonstrates both groups’ shared ambition to enhance their long-standing cooperation on the export market, with Bouygues Travaux Publics confirming its commitment as a historic partner of EDF’s new nuclear projects.

The MoU was signed at the recent World Nuclear Exhibition 2021.

Jean-Bernard Lévy, EDF Chairman and CEO said: “The signatures of these industrial cooperation agreements clearly demonstrate the growing interest of many countries in nuclear energy and our ambition to secure robust partnerships with local supply chains for EPR projects worldwide.”