Framatome has been selected by Swiss operator Kernkraftwerk Gösgen-Däniken AG (KKG) for the long-term supply of HTP fuel assemblies and related services to its Gösgen nuclear power plant. The contract covers reload deliveries and related in-core fuel management services from 2026.
“KKG is a longstanding customer, and Framatome has supplied fuel to the Gösgen plant for decades,” said Lionel Gaiffe, senior executive vice president, Fuel Business Unit at Framatome. “We are pleased to continue to support KKG through the long-term delivery of our safe, reliable and high-performance HTP fuel.”
For over 45 years, Framatome and KKG have also worked together on fuel Research & Development, fostering numerous innovative solutions. This collaboration encompasses a broad range of material irradiation programs on fuel components and various advanced fuel designs including Framatome’s PROtect Enhanced Accident Tolerant Fuel (E-ATF). The first operating experience with E-ATF technology was gained by KKG at Gösgen as early as 2016 and, in 2024, Gösgen became the world’s first reactor to operate with full length fuel rods above 60 GWd/tU.
KKG operates the Gösgen plant, a pressurized water reactor with a gross capacity of 1060MW since first commercial operation began in 1979, providing clean, carbon-free energy nationwide. The plant is located in Däniken, in the North of Switzerland. Framatome has since been supplying the plant with a wide range of fuel assemblies and other products and services.
Source: Framatome
