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April 01, 2013

Westinghouse Springfields Completes First French Fuel Delivery
Springfields, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2013
Westinghouse Electric Company's nuclear fuel manufacturing plant at Springfields, near Preston, has dispatched its first consignment of Light Water Reactor (LWR) fuel assemblies to France. The first fuel assemblies were dispatched to Electricite de France's (EDF) Gravelines 5 power station in Northern France. The delivery is the culmination of a rigorous extensive product qualification exercise to ensure the manufacturing plant at Springfields meets EDF's exacting quality and production standards. ... read more

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