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French nuclear engineering group Framatome reported revenue of almost €4.1bn ($4.4bn) in 2023, with an organic increase of 9.1% compared with 2022. The growth was driven by the development of EPR projects in France and the UK and by an increase in service activities for EDF in France. New orders reached €4.bn in 2023, with significant successes for services to the installed fleet and fuel fabrication in Europe and North America.

Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrevenue-increase-for-framatome-11536610

France's nuclear industry giants - EDF, Framatome and Orano - have each reported improved results for 2023, compared with 2022, and expect continued growth in 2024, partly due to France's plan to build new reactors.

Date: Saturday, 17 February 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Improved-fortunes-for-French-nuclear-sector

South Africa’s power utility Eskom said unit 1 at Koeberg NPP has been synchronised to the grid after almost a year, and the longest outage in the plant’s history. During the outage, the original three steam generators were replaced by three new steam generators. Unit 2 continued to generating electricity to the grid while the work took place and will continue to do so until the start of its next outage which will see its original three steam generators also replaced. The outage at unit 2 will start as soon as unit 1 is stable and all the required commissioning tests are complete, Eskom stated Although the unit 2 outage will be similar in terms of the scope, the lessons learnt from unit 1 will reduce the time needed with compromising nuclear safety.

Date: Friday, 24 November 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskoeberg-1-back-online-after-steam-generator-replacement-11322102

State-owned South African power utility Eskom says unit 1 of the Koeberg NPP has achieved a significant milestone in upgrade work at the plant after mechanical work for replacement of the steam generators was completed. This is the most significant part of the complex project and Eskom is now able to proceed with other outage activities that could not be undertaken in parallel with replacement of the steam generators. Once the outage activities are completed, the reactor will be reloaded with fuel in preparation for its return to service. Commissioning operations, including the necessary tests of the new steam generators, will take place while the unit is synchronised to the grid.

Date: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseskom-reports-progress-in-koeberg-npp-upgrades-11090105

South African power utility Eskom has reported “a major milestone” towards completion of planned steam generator replacements at unit 1 of the Koeberg NPP. The first of the ageing steam generators has been removed from the containment building and placed in the specially-built storage building.

Date: Friday, 24 March 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskoeberg-npp-steam-generator-replacement-project-moves-forward-10697115

The first of Koeberg 1's steam generators has been removed in a project that will see all three of the South African unit's steam generators replaced in anticipation of its extended operation. The steam generators of unit 2 at the plant, near Cape Town, are also to be replaced.

Date: Thursday, 23 March 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Removal-of-Koeberg-steam-generators-gets-under-way

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has said there is "no immediate crisis" from the expiry of the Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between South Africa and the USA. Utility Eskom is relying on the return to service of Koeberg 1 later this year to help tackle ongoing capacity constraints.

Date: Saturday, 04 February 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/No-crisis-for-Koeberg-fuel-supply-as-South-Africa

Tractebel has said it will continue to provide engineering support to South African power company, Eskom, to help extend the operational life of the Koeberg NPP by 20 years, in line with a government decision in 2019. The two 970MWe pressurised water reactors at Koeberg were built by Framatome, and began commercial operation in 1984 and 1985. They generate about 5% of the South Africa’s electricity.

Date: Thursday, 08 December 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstractebel-to-support-life-extension-of-koeberg-npp-10416233

South African power utility Eskom has decided to defer the steam generator replacement programme at unit 2 of its Koeberg nuclear power plant. 

Date: Tuesday, 08 March 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseskom-defers-steam-generator-replacement-at-koeberg-until-2023-9531601

Unit 2 of South Africa’s Koeberg nuclear plant was closed down on 17 January for refuelling and modernisation. The work is part of plans to extend its operation for 20 years. The two 920MWe pressurised water reactors (PWRs) at Koeberg, which supply some 5% of the South Africa’s electricity, were built by Framatome, with unit 1 starting commercial operation in 1984 and unit 2 in 1985.  

Date: Friday, 21 January 2022
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newskoeberg-2-closed-for-steam-generator-replacement-9416110