AREVA renews reactor circulation system at Leibstadt power plant

摘要

AREVA and Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt AG (KKL) signed a contract on the exchange and modernization of the reactor circulation system at the nuclear power plant Leibstadt in Switzerland. The aim of this project is to enhance the system availability and to use the nuclear fuel more efficiently by an increased circulation rate during the end of the fuel cycle. The first preparatory work will start as from 2012. The measures linked to the modernization of the 1165 MW Boiling Water Reactors circulation system are scheduled for plant outage in 2015.