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DOEL-2
Operational
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
WH 2LP
INDIVISION DOEL (EBES , INTERCOM , UNERG)
ENGIE ELECTRABEL + EDF BELGIUM + EDF LUMINUS
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
445
MW
e
445
MW
e
454
MW
e
1311
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Sep, 1971
04 Aug, 1975
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
21 Aug, 1975
01 Dec, 1975
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
142.25 TW.h
81.6 %
82.7 %
18.4 %
81.8 %
Lifetime performance calculated up to year
2023
Operating History
Year
Electricity Supplied
[GW.h]
Reference Unit Power
[MW]
Annual Time On Line
[h]
Operation Factor
[%]
Energy Availability Factor
[%]
Load Factor
[%]
Annual
Cumulative
Annual
Cumulative
1975
711.500
392
2305
93.3
91.3
91.3
91.3
91.3
1976
2462.800
395
6519
74.2
71.6
73.2
71.0
72.6
1977
2576.800
395
6649
75.9
74.3
73.7
74.5
73.5
1978
2750.600
395
7114
81.2
79.5
75.6
79.5
75.4
1979
2593.300
395
6639
75.8
74.6
75.3
75.0
75.3
1980
2782.000
395
7111
81.0
79.8
76.2
80.2
76.3
1981
2841.700
395
7226
82.5
81.4
77.1
82.1
77.2
1982
2582.000
395
6598
75.3
73.8
76.6
74.6
76.9
1983
2017.000
393
5190
59.2
58.0
74.3
58.6
74.6
1984
2916.000
393
7508
85.5
84.2
75.4
84.5
75.7
1985
2908.660
392
7341
83.8
83.0
76.2
84.7
76.6
1986
2282.630
392
5891
67.2
69.8
75.6
66.5
75.7
1987
2616.440
400
6612
75.5
76.8
75.7
74.7
75.6
1988
2906.680
400
7408
84.3
82.6
76.2
82.7
76.2
1989
2479.800
400
6436
73.5
70.8
75.8
70.8
75.8
1990
1982.580
400
5170
59.0
56.6
74.5
56.6
74.5
1991
2779.830
400
7136
81.5
81.0
74.9
79.3
74.8
1992
2971.940
400
7617
86.7
86.1
75.6
84.6
75.4
1993
2949.550
400
7551
86.2
85.7
76.2
84.2
75.8
1994
2982.450
392
7810
89.2
86.2
76.7
86.8
76.4
1995
2867.540
392
7342
83.8
82.7
77.0
83.5
76.8
1996
2888.760
392
7390
84.1
83.1
77.3
83.9
77.1
1997
2935.030
392
7749
88.5
84.5
77.6
85.5
77.5
1998
3145.010
392
7987
91.2
90.1
78.1
91.6
78.1
1999
3091.670
392
7875
89.9
88.9
78.6
90.0
78.6
2000
3135.590
392
8022
91.3
89.8
79.0
91.1
79.1
2001
3150.540
392
8060
92.0
90.3
79.4
91.8
79.6
2002
3104.450
392
8076
92.2
89.5
79.8
90.4
80.0
2003
3142.620
392
8184
93.4
90.1
80.2
91.5
80.4
2004
2951.910
433
7174
81.7
80.5
80.2
81.4
80.4
2005
3506.720
433
8036
91.7
90.8
80.6
92.4
80.8
2006
3399.320
433
7954
90.8
88.2
80.8
89.6
81.1
2007
3483.140
433
7985
91.2
90.8
81.2
91.8
81.5
2008
3478.910
433
8000
91.1
90.3
81.5
91.5
81.8
2009
3468.520
433
7941
90.6
90.1
81.8
91.4
82.1
2010
3411.400
433
7823
89.3
88.3
82.0
90.0
82.4
2011
3570.910
433
8292
94.7
94.1
82.3
94.1
82.7
2012
3261.590
433
7605
86.6
86.1
82.4
85.8
82.8
2013
3566.800
433
8238
94.0
93.5
82.7
94.0
83.1
2014
3528.420
433
8291
94.6
92.7
83.0
93.0
83.4
2015
2971.430
433
6883
78.6
83.8
83.0
78.3
83.3
2016
3037.090
433
7056
80.3
79.5
82.9
79.8
83.2
2017
3413.430
433
8071
92.1
89.8
83.1
90.0
83.4
2018
1475.200
433
3400
38.8
38.7
82.0
38.9
82.2
2019
2405.330
433
5653
64.5
63.1
81.6
63.4
81.8
2020
2161.140
445
5003
57.0
55.7
80.9
55.9
81.2
2021
3490.700
445
7901
90.2
89.1
81.1
89.6
81.4
2022
3538.970
445
8105
92.5
90.5
81.4
90.8
81.6
2023
3570.580
445
8091
92.4
91.2
81.6
91.6
81.8
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-04-22
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