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Belgium / Nuclear Helps Turn Country Into Electricity Exporter, Latest Figures Show

By David Dalton
10 January 2020

Seven reactor units are producing almost 50% of generated power
Nuclear Helps Turn Country Into Electricity Exporter, Latest Figures Show
The Tihange nuclear power station in Belgium.
Almost half of the power generated in Belgium came from nuclear plants in 2019, a year that also saw the country export more electricity than it imported, statistics from Elia, Belgium’s electricity transmission system operator, have shown. The country’s fleet of seven commercial plants – three at Tihange near Liège and four at Doel near Antwerp – generated 48.8% of electricity, a figure that was in line with the 50% total for 2017, but significantly higher than the 31.2% generated in 2018 (31.2%), a year marked by the “significant unavailability” of several reactors.Doel-3 was shut down for checks on its reactor pressure vessel and Tihange-2 for work to resolve concrete degradation and stability issues in a bunkerised building that houses backup safety systems.

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