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Areva Wins New Gösgen Fuel Assembly Contract

By David Dalton
26 July 2013

26 Jul (NucNet): Areva has been awarded a contract for the fabrication of fuel assemblies for five reloads for the single-unit Gösgen nuclear power plant in Switzerland.

Areva said it will deliver 180 fuel assemblies to the Swiss utility, Gösgen-Däniken AG (KKG), starting in 2018.

Areva constructed the Gösgen nuclear power plant and has been fabricating its fuel elements since it began commercial operaion in 1979. The Areva group is currently retrofitting the reactor’s instrumentation and control technology.

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