On 26 June, 2018 in Paris during the World Nuclear Exhibition the joint photo exhibition of two large energy companies – Rosenergoatom JSC (a part of Electric Energy Division of Rosatom) and state power generating company of France Électricité de France (EDF) – the world’s largest nuclear operator and Europe’s leader in electric power production – was started.

The exhibition’s opening was visited by the Senior Vice President of EDF, the Head of Department of Electric Power Production at NPP and TPP Dominique Miniere, the director of Department of R&D of New Projects at EDF Noel Camarcat, the Chairman of the WANO Jacques Regaldo. The Rosenergoatom’s party was represented by the Deputy Director General – Director on Business Development Nikita Konstantinov.

“Russia and France are two different countries that are thousands of kilometers away from each other”, he said at the opening ceremony. “Nevertheless, they have a lot in common. These are the common history, the common contribution in the world’s culture, etc. Also, Russian and French nuclear specialists are united by the same committal to safety culture and understanding that the safety is the main priority of activity of any operating organization. I hope that this event will attract the same interest of French public as it was in Russia and the personnel of French NPP will be able to see the work of their colleagues from Russia in camera lenses of the best Russian photo artists.”

25 French and 5 Russian photo artists presented their works at the exhibition. French part of the exhibition tells about the work of the largest and most advanced Plants of EDF, as well as people who carry out the control over vital systems, the scheduled repair and modernization of the equipment, the training of the personnel. Each of five Russian photographers visited one Russian NPP – Kursk, Rostov, Leningrad, Novovoronezh and Beloyarsk NPPs.

Rosenergoatom has been cooperating with EDF for a very long time. The cooperation is carried out in all directions – from personnel management, organization of effective procurements and engineering to operation support and insurance. The personnel of two companies often visit each other’s enterprises, but the majority of the nuclear specialists does not know how the Plants of their partners are organized and look like. That is why French and Russian photographers tried to show not only the range of activity of two producers of nuclear power, but also to study the environment in which the NPP specialists work.

The project titled Uniting Atom Energy. Russia and France was started in 2017 and coincided with the 25th anniversary of Rosenergoatom. The first exhibition was shown in Moscow House of Photography, and then it was displayed in all towns of presence of Russian NPPs.