Doel 3

Permanent Shutdown

Details

Reactor Type	Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model	W (3-loop)
Owner	Societes Reunies D'Energie Du Bassin De L'Escaut SA
Operator	Engie Electrabel + Edf Belgium + Edf Luminus

Timeline

Construction Start	Wednesday, 1 January 1975
First Criticality	Monday, 14 June 1982
First Grid Connection	Wednesday, 23 June 1982
Commercial Operation	Friday, 1 October 1982
Permanent Shutdown	Friday, 23 September 2022

Specifications

Capacity Net	1006 MWe
Capacity Gross	1056 MWe
Thermal Capacity	3054 MWt
Design Net Capacity	890 MWe

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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 (%)
1982	900	3505	2631.00	92.10	88.80	88.80	88.80	88.80
1983	900	7807	6705.00	89.10	85.00	85.80	85.00	85.80
1984	900	8084	7074.00	92.00	89.50	87.40	89.50	87.40
1985	900	7515	6496.29	85.80	82.40	85.90	82.40	85.90
1986	897	8007	6860.00	91.40	88.50	86.50	87.30	86.20
1987	897	6905	5713.16	78.80	73.50	84.00	72.70	83.60
1988	890	7875	6777.55	89.60	85.90	84.30	86.70	84.10
1989	900	7470	5774.90	85.30	73.40	82.80	73.20	82.60
1990	900	8021	6811.76	91.60	86.40	83.30	86.40	83.10
1991	900	7913	6742.92	90.30	85.80	83.50	85.50	83.40
1992	900	7778	6732.24	88.60	90.10	84.20	85.20	83.50
1993	900	6198	5377.22	70.80	65.80	82.50	68.20	82.20
1994	970	7888	7482.35	90.00	87.70	83.00	88.10	82.70
1995	970	7396	7025.06	84.40	82.60	83.00	82.70	82.70
1996	1006	7447	7334.15	84.80	83.80	83.00	84.00	82.80
1997	1006	8250	8108.24	94.20	92.00	83.70	92.00	83.40
1998	1006	8171	8012.55	93.30	90.90	84.20	90.90	83.90
1999	1006	8330	8231.24	95.10	93.40	84.70	93.40	84.50
2000	1006	7892	7884.93	89.80	89.00	85.00	89.20	84.80
2001	1006	7989	7993.26	91.20	90.20	85.30	90.70	85.10
2002	1006	7647	7636.59	87.30	86.20	85.30	86.70	85.20
2003	1006	7928	7870.79	90.50	89.70	85.60	89.30	85.40
2004	1006	8104	7984.83	92.30	90.80	85.80	90.40	85.70
2005	1006	8147	7962.73	93.00	91.00	86.00	90.40	85.90
2006	1006	7764	7708.74	88.60	87.30	86.10	87.50	85.90
2007	1006	7710	7697.09	88.00	87.10	86.10	87.30	86.00
2008	1006	6980	6943.53	79.50	78.50	85.80	78.60	85.70
2009	1006	7947	7987.11	90.70	90.40	86.00	90.60	85.90
2010	1006	7862	7817.20	89.80	88.20	86.10	88.70	86.00
2011	1006	7933	7911.69	90.60	90.00	86.20	89.80	86.10
2012	1006	3668	3695.33	41.80	41.70	84.70	41.80	84.60
2013	1006	5023	4998.23	57.30	56.90	83.80	56.70	83.70
2014	1006	2030	2072.29	23.20	23.20	81.80	23.50	81.70
2015	1006	94	64.44	1.10	0.70	79.30	0.70	79.20
2016	1006	7293	7286.59	83.00	82.00	79.40	82.50	79.30
2017	1006	6330	6380.11	72.30	72.00	79.10	72.40	79.10
2018	1006	3751	3755.51	42.80	42.20	78.10	42.60	78.00
2019	1006	7512	7559.30	85.80	85.10	78.30	85.80	78.30
2020	1006	7695	7673.49	87.60	85.80	78.50	86.80	78.50
2021	1006	8053	7947.79	91.90	90.00	78.80	90.20	78.80
2022	1006	6381	6184.93	100.00	95.80	79.10	96.30	79.10