Working together as good neighbours
Like the relationship between a landlord and a tenant, the CEA and the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ are governed in their relationship by a set of mutual obligations. For the past two years, while the final text of the Site Support Agreement was going through a lengthy approval process, the parties were officially bound by a mere annual contract.
On Wednesday 18 November, while the delegates to the 5th ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Council were meeting in Cadarache, Kaname Ikeda, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Director-General; Bernard Bigot, Administrator-General of CEA; and François Gauché, Director of Agence Iter France (AIF) signed the 16-page document that lists with precision the rights and duties of each party.
The Site Support Agreement goes beyond the technical aspects of supplying water and electricity to the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ site, or providing internet or bus and canteen services to the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ staff. It is a charter that obliges both parties to work together as good neighbours.
The new document doesn't depart from the "spirit" in which ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ and CEA/AIF, as "Host Organization," have been interacting for the past two years. It officializes a relationship that has proved fruitful and rewarding, and sets the framework down to address needs that will arise during the construction and operation phases of the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Project.
