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Sogin signs technical assistance contract for the nuclear decommissioning program of the JRC-ISPRA site

31 October 2017

​Following an international tender, on October 13th Sogin, the Italian state-owned company responsible for the decommissioning and radioactive waste management in Italy, signed an 8-year framework contract on "Decommissioning and radioactive Waste Management Programme Implementation Assistance Services 2017-2024" with the Joint Research Center of the European Commission (JRC).

This contract will allow JRC to access Sogin's wide range of technical expertise to support the D&WM Programme Management. The required services encompass technical assessment and studies, assistance in licensing and authorization procedure, assessment of nuclear safety and risk issues, support in quality assurance for decommissioning issues, legal assistance with nuclear regulatory matters and assessment of technical proposals.
 
For Sogin this contract represents a confirmation of its international strategy to make decommissioning efforts more sustainable thanks to a proprietary project management methodology.