Belgium - Doel and Tihange

Electrabel owns and operates the nuclear plants at Doel and Tihange.

Doel station has 4 units:

• 2 - 392 MWe 2 Loop Westinghouse PWRs (1974-75)
• 1 - 970 MWe 4 Loop Framatome PWR (1982)
• 1 - 1001 MWe 4 Loop Framatome PWR (1985)

Tihange station has 3 PWR units of Westinghouse / Framatome design which started up between 1975 and 1985. Generator output varies between 863 and 1015 MWe.

Electrabel has considered nuclear an important part of the Belgian generating mix between 1987 and the present. The Electrabel site provides very good handouts (pdf format) on the various generation methods, including:

• Combined Cycle Gas Turbine [3 250 kB]
• Cogeneration [609 kB]
• Conventional thermal power stations [1 389 kB]
• Nuclear power stations [925 kB]
• Renewable energy sources [563 kB]

Copyright © 1996-2006.  Joseph Gonyeau. All rights reserved. Revised: December 31, 2005.