| Doel Nuclear Power Station | |
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 Doel nuclear power station, viewed from the north | |
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| Official name | Kerncentrale Doel (KCD) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Location | Doel, East Flanders |
| Coordinates | 51°19′29″N 04°15′31″E / 51.32472°N 4.25861°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | July 1969 (Doel 1) |
| Commission date | 15 February 1975 (Doel 1) |
| Owners | Electrabel, EDF Luminus |
| Operator | Electrabel |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | ACECOWEN FRAMACEC |
| Cooling towers | 2 |
| Cooling source | Scheldt river |
| Thermal capacity | 2 × 1312 MWt 1 × 3064 MWt 1 × 3000 MWt |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 x 466 MW (gross) 1 x 466 MW (gross) 1 x 1056 MW (gross) 1 x 1090 MW (gross) |
| Units cancelled | 1 |
| Nameplate capacity | 2,935 MW |
| Capacity factor | 91.8% (2021) |
| Annual net output | 44.12 (2021) |
| External links | |
| Website | Doel Nuclear Power Station |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The Doel Nuclear Power Station is one of two nuclear power plants in Belgium. The plant includes four reactors. The site is located on the bank of the Scheldt river, near the village of Doel in the Flemish province of East Flanders, on the outskirts of the city of Antwerp. The station is operated and majority-owned by vertically-integrated French energy corporation Engie SA through its 100%-owned Belgian subsidiary Electrabel. EDF Luminus has a 10.2% stake in the two newest units. The Doel plant employs 963 workers and covers an area of 80 hectares (200 acres). The plant represents about 15% of Belgium's total electricity production capacity[1] and 30% of the total electricity generation.[2] Nuclear energy typically provides half of Belgium's domestically-generated electricity and is the country's lowest-cost source of power.[3]
The station is located in the most densely populated area for any nuclear power station in Europe as of 2011, with 9 million inhabitants within a radius of 75 kilometres (47 mi).[4][5][6]
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