TechnicAtome is a public limited company, 50,32% of whose capital is held by APE (Agence des Participations de l’Etat), 20,32% by NAVAL Group, 20,32% by the CEA (Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives) and 9,03% by the company EDF.[i] It is involved in the new French nuclear ballistic missile submarine programme (SNLE 3G).[ii] The programme is aimed at replacing the four Le Triomphant nuclear armed submarines, with delivery starting in 2035.[iii] TechnicAtome is also involved in the Laser Megajoule programme, which simulates French nuclear testing.[iv]
[i] Shareholders (no date) | TechnicAtome. Available at: Shareholders – TechnicAtome (Accessed: 31 January 2025).
[ii] Programme SNLE 3G (no date) | TechnicAtome. Available at: SNLE 3G – TechnicAtome (Accessed : 19 December 2024) ; ‘Projet annuel de performances. Budget général. Projets Annuels de Performances. Annexe au Projet de Loi de Finances pour 2025: Programme 146. Équipement des forces’, RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE (2024), p. 35. Available at: https://www.budget.gouv.fr/documentation/file-download/24758.
[iii] Ibid; Rojoef Manuel, ‘Naval Group Begins Construction of France’s Third-Gen Nuclear Submarine, The DefensePost, 25 March 2024. Available at: Naval Group Begins Construction of France’s Third-Gen Nuclear Submarine.
[iv] Programme Laser Megajoule (no date) | TechnicAtome. Available at: Laser Mégajoule (LMJ) – TechnicAtome (Accessed : 19 December 2024).
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