This project enables to better secure the most critical activities of the Grand Carénage for the existing fleet in France, and to improve the efficiency of engineering services, project management, and some manufacturing activities through EDF' s' experience feedback... Lastly, EDF and AREVA restate their intent to enter into a comprehensive strategic and industrial agreement, in order to, in particular, improve and develop the efficiency of their cooperation in areas such as Research and Development, international sales of new reactors, the storage of spent fuel, and dismantling.