Nuclear power in the Netherlands

nuclearchain.net/countries/netherlands/ · data: Global Energy Monitor (GNPT, August 2026), CC BY 4.0 · printed from the live page

Netherlands operates 1 nuclear power reactor across 2 sites, with 0.5 GW of gross capacity. 1 unit has been retired.

Operating

0.5 GW gross

Under construction

Planned

incl. 0 announced

Retired

0 cancelled

Operating1Retired1circle area ∝ site capacity Coastlines, borders and lakes: Natural Earth (1:10 million, public domain), which is generalised, so a coastal plant can sit a couple of kilometres off its true shoreline. Site positions: Global Nuclear Power Tracker.

Operating fleet by type: PWR (1). Principal operator: N.V. Elektriciteits-Produktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland.

Operating capacity over time

First reactor online1969

Peak0.6 GW in 1973

Now0.5 GW 1 unit

2026 so farno change

Gross capacity of units that had started up and not been permanently shut down by 31 December each year (2026 is to date). Amber marks the peak, green the present.

Data table

Year	Units online	GW gross	Change, GW
1969	1	0.06	+0.06
1973	2	0.58	+0.52
1997	1	0.52	−0.06

Only years in which capacity changed are listed.

Position in the fuel chain

Facility	Stage	Operator	Capacity / output
HABOG	dry storage	COVRA	not disclosed
Urenco Almelo	enrichment	Urenco	5,100tSWU/yr

All units in Netherlands

Unit	Site	Status	Type	Gross MW	Online
Borssele nuclear power plant 1	Borssele nuclear power plant	Operating	PWR	515	1973
Borssele nuclear power plant 2	Borssele nuclear power plant	Pre-construction	PWR	1,650	2035
Borssele nuclear power plant 3	Borssele nuclear power plant	Pre-construction	PWR	1,650	2035
Dodewaard nuclear power plant	Dodewaard nuclear power plant	Retired	BWR	60	1969

Fuel supply exposure

The fuel families Netherlands's operating reactors take, and the fabricators our sources document as able to make each. This is capability, not contracts: it does not say who actually supplies a given plant.

Fuel family	Units	GW gross	Documented fabricators	Note
PWR (square-lattice) fuel	1	0.5	Westinghouse Electric Company, Framatome, KEPCO Nuclear Fuel, China National Nuclear Corporation, ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

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Sources

Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06

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