French nuclear power giant AREVA said it had been awarded a contract to provide German utility company E.ON with maintenance and refueling services for three nuclear power plants – Isar 2, Brokdorf and Grohnde.
All of the power plants are in Germany.
The contract, AREVA said, included maintenance and in-service inspections of the primary circuit components, opening and closing of the reactor pressure vessel as well as refueling activities. The contract runs for "several years," said AREVA, which did not disclose the monetary value of the contract.
Isar 2 nuclear power plant has a net output of 1,410 MW and is located in Essenbach, Bavaria. It's annual power generation capacity is about 12 billion kWh, approximately 15 percent of the total electricity production for the region, Energy Business Review reported.
Brokdorf nuclear power plant in Schleswig-Holstein has a similar annual capacity. E.ON owns 80 percent of the plant, while Vattenfall Europe owns the remaining 20 percent.
The Grohnde nuclear power plant in Lower Saxony has a net output of 1,360 MW. It provides the region with 15 percent of its electricity generation and is 83.3 percent owned by E.ON and 16.7 percent owned by Stadtwerke Bielefeld. It is operated by GKKG Grohnde.