Resun AG (an acronym from the French ''REmplacement SUisse Nucléaire'', Swiss nuclear replacement) was a company located in

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. Its purpose was to manage the construction of two new nuclear reactors. These are unofficially known as Beznau 3 and Mühleberg 2 from the locations where they should be built. In August 2017 the company was liquidated. After 2020 the existing plants of

Beznau The Beznau nuclear power plant ( ''KKB is a nuclear power plant of the Swiss energy utility Axpo, located in the municipality Döttingen, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, on an artificial island in the Aare river. The plant has been operating s ...

(1969, 730 MW) and

Mühleberg Mühleberg is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Mühleberg is first mentioned in 1011–16 as ''Mulinberg''. There are several Hallstatt era grave mounds around Mühle ...

(1972, 355 MW) should cease activity. At the same time some import contracts with

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for around 2000 MW will expire. With a combined electrical power output of 3200 MW, the new reactors would prevent the resulting energy gap and satisfy the expected domestic demand increase.Resun AG press conference show
in German.

Stockholders

Resun AG is a privately held company whose shares are controlled by the BKW FMB Energie AG (present owner of the

Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant The Mühleberg Nuclear Power Plant (, KKM) is a formerly operational nuclear power plant in the Mühleberg municipality in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Operated by BKW FMB Energie AG, the plant generated power from 6 November 1972 until 20 ...

, 31.25%) and the Axpo subsidiaries Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (present owner of the

Beznau Nuclear Power Plant The Beznau nuclear power plant ( ''KKB is a nuclear power plant of the Swiss energy utility Axpo, located in the municipality Döttingen, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland, on an artificial island in the Aare river. The plant has been operating ...

, 57.75%) and Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (11%).

References

External links

Official website
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