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🇧🇪 Tihange

Name: Tihange
Address: Belgium

Nuclear power plant · Belgium

Operational

Capacity≈2,790 MW

Units3

First Online1975

Construction Start1970

Reactor TypePWR

Coordinates50.533, 5.271

Tihange is a nuclear power station in Belgium. Of its 3 recorded unit(s), 2 reactors are operational, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 2,790 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1975. Reactor technology on site: PWR.

Reactor units at Tihange

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Tihange-1	Operational	PWR Framatome 3 loops reactor	870 MW	Construction 1970 · Grid 1975
Tihange-2	Shut Down	PWR WH 3LP	900 MW	Construction 1976 · Grid 1983 · Shutdown 2023
Tihange-3	Operational	PWR WH 3LP	1,020 MW	Construction 1978 · Grid 1985

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