🇳🇱 Netherlands — Nuclear Power
Reactors, capacity and uranium mining
Operating reactors1
Under construction0
Suspended0
Shut down1
Net capacity495 MW
Sites2
Uranium mines0
Netherlands has 2 recorded nuclear reactor units across 2 sites in the WhereNuc dataset. Current breakdown: 1 operational, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating fleet is about 495 MW (0.5 GW), ranking Netherlands #31 of 32 countries with operating capacity in this dataset, roughly 0.1% of world operating capacity tracked here. The country’s first reactor reached commercial operation in 1969.
Nuclear power stations in Netherlands
| Site | Status | Units | Net capacity | First online |
|---|
| Borssele | Operational | 1 | 495 MW | 1973 |
| Dodewaard | Shut Down | 1 | 54 MW | 1969 |
Reactor technology in Netherlands
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