Westinghouse Electric Co. has been selected by RWE and E.ON to manufacture and deliver nuclear fuel assemblies for the Gundremmingen and Emsland Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) in Germany, between 2016 and 2018.
“The contract is a result of the excellent fuel performance of Westinghouse products and we are very pleased to receive RWE’s and E.ON’s confidence to deliver fuel to a customer with very high quality standards. The Westinghouse fuel designs provided to both reactors are operating at industry-leading performance levels,” said Johan Hallén, Westinghouse vice president and managing director, Northern Europe.
The Emsland NPP is a single pressurized water reactor (PWR) located in Niedersachsen, Germany. The unit is operated by KernkraftwerkeLippe-Ems GmbH, and is owned by RWE (87.5 percent) and E.ON (12.5 percent). The Gundremmingen NPP consists of two boiling water reactors (BWRs) and is located in Gundremmingen, Bavaria. The plant is operated by KernkraftwerkGundremmingen GmbH, and is owned by RWE (75 percent) and E.ON (25 percent).
The contract also includes two optional deliveries for each NPP in later years. Westinghouse will manufacture the fuel at its facility in Västerås, Sweden.
