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DOEL-1
Permanent Shutdown
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
392
MW
e
454
MW
e
1311
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Jul, 1969
18 Jul, 1974
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
28 Aug, 1974
15 Feb, 1975
Permanent Shutdown Date
14 Feb, 2025
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
143.91 TW.h
83.9 %
83.9 %
16.1 %
82.4 %
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
1974
114.300
293
604
1975
2557.600
392
7257
81.8
75.8
75.8
75.8
75.8
1976
2667.100
395
6928
78.9
75.5
75.6
76.9
76.4
1977
2830.000
395
7332
83.7
81.8
77.8
81.8
78.3
1978
2731.200
395
7071
80.7
78.9
78.1
78.9
78.4
1979
3037.000
395
7812
89.2
86.4
79.8
87.8
80.4
1980
2901.000
395
7596
86.5
84.4
80.6
83.6
80.9
1981
2946.000
395
7644
87.3
85.0
81.2
85.1
81.6
1982
3184.500
395
8103
92.5
91.2
82.5
92.0
82.9
1983
2823.000
393
7316
83.5
81.8
82.4
82.0
82.8
1984
3129.000
393
7988
90.9
90.2
83.2
90.6
83.6
1985
2896.320
392
7330
83.7
82.4
83.1
84.3
83.6
1986
2685.930
392
7040
80.4
78.8
82.8
78.2
83.2
1987
2928.350
400
7306
83.4
85.4
83.0
83.6
83.2
1988
2694.150
400
7686
87.5
81.3
82.9
76.7
82.8
1989
2513.100
400
6475
73.9
71.9
82.1
71.7
82.0
1990
2859.890
400
7380
84.2
83.5
82.2
81.6
82.0
1991
3061.380
400
7860
89.7
89.2
82.6
87.4
82.3
1992
2990.540
400
7741
88.1
86.5
82.8
85.1
82.4
1993
2908.890
400
7580
86.5
84.4
82.9
83.0
82.5
1994
2921.780
400
7635
87.2
84.3
83.0
83.4
82.5
1995
2791.520
392
7342
83.8
81.0
82.9
81.3
82.5
1996
3169.350
392
8141
92.7
91.2
83.3
92.0
82.9
1997
3113.830
392
7899
90.2
88.9
83.5
90.7
83.2
1998
3292.460
392
8277
94.5
93.7
84.0
95.9
83.8
1999
3196.840
392
8123
92.7
91.1
84.2
93.1
84.1
2000
3264.770
392
8317
94.7
92.3
84.6
94.8
84.6
2001
3157.620
392
8098
92.4
90.5
84.8
91.9
84.8
2002
3260.700
392
8308
94.8
93.3
85.1
95.0
85.2
2003
3024.600
392
7953
90.8
86.4
85.1
88.1
85.3
2004
2989.100
392
7742
88.1
85.5
85.1
86.8
85.3
2005
3062.650
392
7849
89.6
88.0
85.2
89.2
85.5
2006
3100.480
392
8030
91.7
89.2
85.3
90.3
85.6
2007
3028.970
392
7709
88.0
87.6
85.4
88.2
85.7
2008
2690.320
392
6847
78.0
77.3
85.2
78.1
85.5
2009
2874.050
392
7266
83.0
82.9
85.1
83.7
85.4
2010
3401.380
433
7801
89.0
88.2
85.2
89.7
85.5
2011
3328.530
433
7740
88.4
87.8
85.3
87.8
85.6
2012
3444.690
433
8019
91.3
90.9
85.4
90.6
85.8
2013
3707.930
433
8595
98.1
97.2
85.8
97.8
86.1
2014
3556.420
433
8230
94.0
93.4
86.0
93.8
86.3
2015
396.780
433
1143
13.0
95.3
86.2
10.5
84.3
2016
3014.510
433
7056
80.3
79.4
86.0
79.3
84.2
2017
3426.380
433
8019
91.5
90.3
86.2
90.3
84.3
2018
1172.490
433
2700
30.8
30.8
84.8
30.9
83.0
2019
2185.670
445
4968
56.7
55.8
84.1
56.3
82.4
2020
2172.180
445
4946
56.3
55.2
83.4
55.6
81.7
2021
3587.850
445
8045
91.8
91.0
83.6
92.0
82.0
2022
3551.150
445
8045
91.8
90.4
83.7
91.1
82.2
2023
3540.070
445
8075
92.2
89.9
83.9
90.8
82.4
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-03-22
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