Nuclear power in Belgium

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Belgium nuclear power plants (view)

Active plants

Closed plants

Belgium has two nuclear power plants operating with a net capacity of 5,761 MWe. Electricity consumption in Belgium has increased slowly since 1990 and in 2016 nuclear power provided 51.3%, 41 TWh per year, of the country's electricity.^[1]^[2]

The country's first commercial nuclear power plant began operating in 1974. Belgium decided to phase out nuclear power generation completely by 2025. In March 2022, due to the Russian invasion on Ukraine, Belgium decided to postpone closing of two reactors by 10 additional years.^[3]

^ Cite error: The named reference Belgium was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Country profile: Belgium". OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "Nucléaire: accord pour la prolongation de deux réacteurs". Le Soir (in French). 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

[Belgium-1] Cite error: The named reference Belgium was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] "Country profile: Belgium". OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[3] "Nucléaire: accord pour la prolongation de deux réacteurs". Le Soir (in French). 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

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