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stations AG (BKW FMB energy AG) with 10% and the Aargauer of power stations AG (AEW energy AG) with 5%. The management was originally done by the EGL, but with establishment of the Axpo it was consolidated within the Axpo group, so whereby today the NOK is the manager. The plant also houses a 380 kV switchyard for
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It is owned by Leibstadt AG (KKL), a consortium of six Swiss energy companies: the Aare Tessin AG for electricity (Atel) with 27%, the northeast power stations AG (NOK) with 23%, the central-Swiss power stations AG (CKW) with 14%, the electricity company Laufenburg AG (EGL) with 16%, the Bern power
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ENSI rated one event as INES Level 1 — This related to an incident at Unit 2 of the Beznau nuclear power plant where a generator failed to start during a regular function test of the energy diesel generator
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With the installation of a new low pressure turbine in 2010 Leibstadt achieved an increase of 40 megawatts. A new 420 Tonne generator, the heaviest
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construction budget spiraled to over 5 billion before the plant opened in 1984 after eleven years of construction.
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produces 1,220 MW of electrical power. The nuclear power station has produced approximately 8.5 
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and close to the border to Germany. Commissioned in 1984, it is the youngest and most powerful of
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to be carried on Switzerland's roads, has significantly improved the power plants performance.
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new safety regulations were implemented, delaying completion for several years. The 2 billion
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The history of the completion of the KKL reflected increasingly critical attitudes toward
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opposed direct cooling by river water, replaced in the design in 1971 with a
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during the 1970s and 1980s, which culminated in the resistance against the
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Planning for the KKL began in 1964 for a 600 MW reactor. The
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