Tihange nuclear power plant

Tihange nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Tihange nuclear power plant is the 2nd largest of 2 operating nuclear sites in Belgium, holding 50% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 142nd of 172 worldwide.

Its operating unit started up in 1985; the unit is 41.0 years old.

The 3 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 4.8 to 6.6 years (median 6.5) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Chooz nuclear power plant (60 km), Doel nuclear power plant (113 km) and Cattenom nuclear power plant (141 km).

The current net rating of Unit 3 differs from its design net capacity by +1.8% (1,020 MW at design, 1,038 MW now).

The tracker lists a planned retirement year, a forecast and not a decision on record, for 1 operating unit: Unit 3 (2035).

Build time by unit

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How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.