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 Wednesday, 1 September 1971
First Criticality Monday, 4 August 1975
First Grid Connection Thursday, 21 August 1975
Commercial Operation Monday, 1 December 1975

Specifications

Capacity Net 445 MWe
Capacity Gross 454 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1311 MWt
Design Net Capacity 445 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 (%)
1975 392 2305 711.50 93.30 91.30 91.30 91.30 91.30
1976 395 6519 2462.80 74.20 71.60 73.20 71.00 72.60
1977 395 6649 2576.80 75.90 74.30 73.70 74.50 73.50
1978 395 7114 2750.60 81.20 79.50 75.60 79.50 75.40
1979 395 6639 2593.30 75.80 74.60 75.30 75.00 75.30
1980 395 7111 2782.00 81.00 79.80 76.20 80.20 76.30
1981 395 7226 2841.70 82.50 81.40 77.10 82.10 77.20
1982 395 6598 2582.00 75.30 73.80 76.60 74.60 76.90
1983 393 5190 2017.00 59.20 58.00 74.30 58.60 74.60
1984 393 7508 2916.00 85.50 84.20 75.40 84.50 75.70
1985 392 7341 2908.66 83.80 83.00 76.20 84.70 76.60
1986 392 5891 2282.63 67.20 69.80 75.60 66.50 75.70
1987 400 6612 2616.44 75.50 76.80 75.70 74.70 75.60
1988 400 7408 2906.68 84.30 82.60 76.20 82.70 76.20
1989 400 6436 2479.80 73.50 70.80 75.80 70.80 75.80
1990 400 5170 1982.58 59.00 56.60 74.50 56.60 74.50
1991 400 7136 2779.83 81.50 81.00 74.90 79.30 74.80
1992 400 7617 2971.94 86.70 86.10 75.60 84.60 75.40
1993 400 7551 2949.55 86.20 85.70 76.20 84.20 75.80
1994 392 7810 2982.45 89.20 86.20 76.70 86.80 76.40
1995 392 7342 2867.54 83.80 82.70 77.00 83.50 76.80
1996 392 7390 2888.76 84.10 83.10 77.30 83.90 77.10
1997 392 7749 2935.03 88.50 84.50 77.60 85.50 77.50
1998 392 7987 3145.01 91.20 90.10 78.10 91.60 78.10
1999 392 7875 3091.67 89.90 88.90 78.60 90.00 78.60
2000 392 8022 3135.59 91.30 89.80 79.00 91.10 79.10
2001 392 8060 3150.54 92.00 90.30 79.40 91.80 79.60
2002 392 8076 3104.45 92.20 89.50 79.80 90.40 80.00
2003 392 8184 3142.62 93.40 90.10 80.20 91.50 80.40
2004 433 7174 2951.91 81.70 80.50 80.20 81.40 80.40
2005 433 8036 3506.72 91.70 90.80 80.60 92.40 80.80
2006 433 7954 3399.32 90.80 88.20 80.80 89.60 81.10
2007 433 7985 3483.14 91.20 90.80 81.20 91.80 81.50
2008 433 8000 3478.91 91.10 90.30 81.50 91.50 81.80
2009 433 7941 3468.52 90.60 90.10 81.80 91.40 82.10
2010 433 7823 3411.40 89.30 88.30 82.00 90.00 82.40
2011 433 8292 3570.91 94.70 94.10 82.30 94.10 82.70
2012 433 7605 3261.59 86.60 86.10 82.40 85.80 82.80
2013 433 8238 3566.80 94.00 93.50 82.70 94.00 83.10
2014 433 8291 3528.42 94.60 92.70 83.00 93.00 83.40
2015 433 6883 2971.43 78.60 83.80 83.00 78.30 83.30
2016 433 7056 3037.09 80.30 79.50 82.90 79.80 83.20
2017 433 8071 3413.43 92.10 89.80 83.10 90.00 83.40
2018 433 3400 1475.20 38.80 38.70 82.00 38.90 82.20
2019 433 5653 2405.33 64.50 63.10 81.60 63.40 81.80
2020 445 5003 2161.14 57.00 55.70 80.90 55.90 81.20
2021 445 7901 3490.70 90.20 89.10 81.10 89.60 81.40
2022 445 8105 3538.97 92.50 90.50 81.40 90.80 81.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


See Also

Nuclear Power in Belgium

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