- 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 will provide EDF with technical support for smooth operation of the updated systems.

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