French state-controlled nuclear group Areva (CEI.FR) Friday said it has signed several deals with Italian companies and universities to develop nuclear projects in Italy .

This announcement was made on the sidelines of a Franco-Italian summit in Paris .

The first agreement was signed with Ansaldo Energia, a unit of Ansaldo SpA (STS.MI), which will partner Areva in Italy on a joint project with power operators Enel SpA (ENEL.MI) and Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) to build at least four third-generation nuclear reactors.

Areva and Ansaldo will cooperate in engineering, the supply of certain components, erection and commissioning tests for the Evolutionary Pressurized Reactors that both Enel and EDF plan to build in Italy .

The two groups will also work on other projects around the world, Areva said, without elaborating.

Areva also signed a deal with Italian industrial design and construction group Techint to cooperate on future turnkey nuclear projects worldwide.

The French company signed a training agreement was signed with CIRTEN, an inter-university consortium for nuclear research and technology which includes the universities of Rome La Sapienza, Pisa, Padua, Palermo, Polytechnic Milan and Polytechnic Turin.

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