Toshiba Corporation has announced that a Toshiba-Westinghouse consortium has been awarded a ten-year contract worth over 100 million euros by Electricite de France (EDF), France's electric power company, for the renewal of stator coils in the generators of more than ten nuclear power plants now operating in France. The contract was given to the Toshiba-Westinghouse Consortium as part of the French utility's continuous program to retrofit the key components of its 58 commissioned nuclear power plants in France.
Following initial pre-installation arrangements, manufacture of stator windings will begin in spring 2009 at Toshiba's Keihin Product Operations in Yokohama, the Japanese production hub of Toshiba's power generation equipment business. It is expected that three or four rewinding operations a year will be conducted for 900MW and 1300MW generators, starting in 2010. Toshiba's Japanese technical experts, who have gained extensive experience and expertise in supporting stable operations at numerous sites in Japan, will provide EDF with technical support for smooth operation of the updated systems.
Toshiba and Westinghouse will apply experience gained through the French contract to future projects in the domestic and overseas markets. They will also take full advantage of their extensive capabilities as a total solutions provider to seek business opportunities for both new construction and O&M business of nuclear power plants on a worldwide basis.
Toshiba, www.toshiba.co.jp
