The French atomic energy commission, the CEA, would need to raise EUR6B from the sale of its shares in French nuclear engineering company Areva (CEI.FR), said Alain Bugat, the CEA's director general in an interview with French business daily La Tribune, Monday.
Bugat did not state the percentage of the shares the CEA would sell, but insisted it would cover the CEA's costs and noted that the commission was not obliged to sell all the necessary shares at once.
The director general added that the organization was looking to move to a business model allowing it more flexibility in the management of its resources.