Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model W (2-loop)
Owner Indivision Doel (Ebes , Intercom , Unerg)
Operator Engie Electrabel + Edf Belgium + Edf Luminus

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 1 July 1969
First Criticality Thursday, 18 July 1974
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 28 August 1974
Commercial Operation Saturday, 15 February 1975

Specifications

Capacity Net 445 MWe
Capacity Gross 454 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1311 MWt
Design Net Capacity 392 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1974 293 604 114.30 - - - - -
1975 392 7257 2557.60 81.80 75.80 75.80 75.80 75.80
1976 395 6928 2667.10 78.90 75.50 75.60 76.90 76.40
1977 395 7332 2830.00 83.70 81.80 77.80 81.80 78.30
1978 395 7071 2731.20 80.70 78.90 78.10 78.90 78.40
1979 395 7812 3037.00 89.20 86.40 79.80 87.80 80.40
1980 395 7596 2901.00 86.50 84.40 80.60 83.60 80.90
1981 395 7644 2946.00 87.30 85.00 81.20 85.10 81.60
1982 395 8103 3184.50 92.50 91.20 82.50 92.00 82.90
1983 393 7316 2823.00 83.50 81.80 82.40 82.00 82.80
1984 393 7988 3129.00 90.90 90.20 83.20 90.60 83.60
1985 392 7330 2896.32 83.70 82.40 83.10 84.30 83.60
1986 392 7040 2685.93 80.40 78.80 82.80 78.20 83.20
1987 400 7306 2928.35 83.40 85.40 83.00 83.60 83.20
1988 400 7686 2694.15 87.50 81.30 82.90 76.70 82.80
1989 400 6475 2513.10 73.90 71.90 82.10 71.70 82.00
1990 400 7380 2859.89 84.20 83.50 82.20 81.60 82.00
1991 400 7860 3061.38 89.70 89.20 82.60 87.40 82.30
1992 400 7741 2990.54 88.10 86.50 82.80 85.10 82.40
1993 400 7580 2908.89 86.50 84.40 82.90 83.00 82.50
1994 400 7635 2921.78 87.20 84.30 83.00 83.40 82.50
1995 392 7342 2791.52 83.80 81.00 82.90 81.30 82.50
1996 392 8141 3169.35 92.70 91.20 83.30 92.00 82.90
1997 392 7899 3113.83 90.20 88.90 83.50 90.70 83.20
1998 392 8277 3292.46 94.50 93.70 84.00 95.90 83.80
1999 392 8123 3196.84 92.70 91.10 84.20 93.10 84.10
2000 392 8317 3264.77 94.70 92.30 84.60 94.80 84.60
2001 392 8098 3157.62 92.40 90.50 84.80 91.90 84.80
2002 392 8308 3260.70 94.80 93.30 85.10 95.00 85.20
2003 392 7953 3024.60 90.80 86.40 85.10 88.10 85.30
2004 392 7742 2989.10 88.10 85.50 85.10 86.80 85.30
2005 392 7849 3062.65 89.60 88.00 85.20 89.20 85.50
2006 392 8030 3100.48 91.70 89.20 85.30 90.30 85.60
2007 392 7709 3028.97 88.00 87.60 85.40 88.20 85.70
2008 392 6847 2690.32 78.00 77.30 85.20 78.10 85.50
2009 392 7266 2874.05 83.00 82.90 85.10 83.70 85.40
2010 433 7801 3401.38 89.00 88.20 85.20 89.70 85.50
2011 433 7740 3328.53 88.40 87.80 85.30 87.80 85.60
2012 433 8019 3444.69 91.30 90.90 85.40 90.60 85.80
2013 433 8595 3707.93 98.10 97.20 85.80 97.80 86.10
2014 433 8230 3556.42 94.00 93.40 86.00 93.80 86.30
2015 433 1143 396.78 13.00 95.30 86.20 10.50 84.30
2016 433 7056 3014.51 80.30 79.40 86.00 79.30 84.20
2017 433 8019 3426.38 91.50 90.30 86.20 90.30 84.30
2018 433 2700 1172.49 30.80 30.80 84.80 30.90 83.00
2019 445 4968 2185.67 56.70 55.80 84.10 56.30 82.40
2020 445 4946 2172.18 56.30 55.20 83.40 55.60 81.70
2021 445 8045 3587.85 91.80 91.00 83.60 92.00 82.00
2022 445 8045 3551.15 91.80 90.40 83.70 91.10 82.20
2023 445 8075 3540.07 92.20 89.90 83.90 90.80 82.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Belgium

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