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Electricity from Nuclear Power

Beznau NPP

The declared product is 1 kWh net electricity generated in Beznau NPP and thereafter distributed to a customer connected to the Axpo AG (formally NOK) network during the reference year 2006/07.

Beznau nuclear power plant, fully belonging to Axpo, consists of two virtually identical, dual-loop, pressurised water reactor units. The combined net power output is 730MWel that leads to an annual electricity production of approx. 6 TWh. This corresponds to approx. 10 % of the total Swiss electricity consumption.

Climate Declaration
Functional unit: 1 kWh net electricity
Reference PCR: Electricity, Steam, and Hot and Cold Water Generation and Distribution (2007:08, version 1.0)
Registration No: S-P-00144
Registration Date: 2008-10-29
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Company information

Axpo AG
Address: Axpo AG
Parkstrasse 23
CH-5401 Baden
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 56 200 31 11
Web site: www.axpo.ch
Contact person: Axpo sustainability