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Belgium Shuts Down Doel-2 Nuclear Plant After 50 Years Of Operation

By Kamen Kraev
2 December 2025

Country left with two commercial reactor units

Belgium Shuts Down Doel-2 Nuclear Plant After 50 Years Of Operation
There is now one PWR unit in commercial operation at the Doel nuclear station in Belgium's northern province of Antwerpen. Image courtesy Creative Commons 2.0.
Belgium has permanently shut down the Doel-2 nuclear reactor unit near Antwerp after 50 years of operation, making it the fifth reactor in the country to be taken offline under a previously agreed nuclear phaseout framework.

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