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TIHANGE-2
Permanent Shutdown
Reactor Details
Reactor Type
Model
Owner
Operator
PWR
WH 3LP
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
ENGIE ELECTRABEL
Reference Unit Power (Net Capacity)
Design Net Capacity
Gross Capacity
Thermal Capacity
1008
MW
e
900
MW
e
1055
MW
e
3064
MW
t
Construction Start Date
First Criticality Date
01 Apr, 1976
05 Oct, 1982
First Grid Connection
Commercial Operation Date
13 Oct, 1982
01 Jun, 1983
Permanent Shutdown Date
01 Feb, 2023
LifeTime Performance
Electricity Supplied
Energy Availability Factor
Operation Factor
Energy Unavailability Factor
Load Factor
270.83 TW.h
80.1 %
81.9 %
19.9 %
80.1 %
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
1982
217.980
900
577
1983
5507.000
901
6373
89.8
86.9
86.9
86.9
86.9
1984
6856.000
901
7693
87.6
86.4
86.6
86.6
86.7
1985
6636.000
900
7890
90.1
87.8
87.0
84.2
85.7
1986
6189.000
900
7509
85.7
83.1
85.9
78.5
83.7
1987
6584.000
900
7477
85.4
83.4
85.4
83.5
83.7
1988
6966.000
900
7992
91.0
87.9
85.8
88.1
84.5
1989
6663.000
901
7728
88.2
84.7
85.7
84.4
84.5
1990
6919.000
901
7827
89.4
88.0
86.0
87.7
84.9
1991
6850.000
901
7790
88.9
87.8
86.2
86.8
85.1
1992
6746.000
901
7912
90.1
86.9
86.3
85.2
85.1
1993
6555.000
901
7507
85.7
83.6
86.0
83.0
84.9
1994
7585.000
894
8501
97.0
96.7
86.9
96.8
86.0
1995
6849.000
930
7697
87.9
85.0
86.8
84.9
85.9
1996
7253.000
955
7810
88.9
87.0
86.8
87.5
86.0
1997
6854.000
960
7241
82.7
81.3
86.4
81.5
85.7
1998
7664.000
960
8015
91.5
90.6
86.7
91.1
86.0
1999
8111.000
960
8380
95.7
95.5
87.2
96.4
86.7
2000
7481.000
960
7901
90.0
88.0
87.3
88.7
86.8
2001
6976.000
960
7137
81.5
80.7
86.9
83.0
86.6
2002
7833.390
1008
7821
89.3
87.9
87.0
88.7
86.7
2003
7600.970
1008
7589
86.6
85.6
86.9
86.1
86.7
2004
8517.320
1008
8478
96.5
96.0
87.4
96.2
87.2
2005
7890.010
1008
7929
90.5
89.5
87.4
89.4
87.3
2006
7219.320
1008
7348
83.9
82.4
87.2
81.8
87.0
2007
8751.570
1008
8760
100.0
100.0
87.8
99.1
87.5
2008
7129.350
1008
7165
81.6
80.4
87.5
80.5
87.2
2009
7732.290
1008
7664
87.5
86.7
87.4
87.6
87.3
2010
8823.790
1008
8726
99.6
99.2
87.9
99.9
87.8
2011
7322.510
1008
7345
83.8
82.9
87.7
82.9
87.6
2012
5506.110
1008
5475
62.3
61.8
86.8
62.2
86.7
2013
4939.330
1008
4963
56.7
55.6
85.7
55.9
85.6
2014
2056.120
1008
2025
23.1
23.0
83.6
23.3
83.5
2015
385.000
1008
411
4.7
4.3
81.0
4.4
81.0
2016
8603.650
1008
8521
97.0
96.2
81.5
97.2
81.5
2017
7131.590
1008
7351
83.9
80.1
81.5
80.8
81.4
2018
5478.070
1008
5460
62.3
61.5
80.9
62.0
80.9
2019
3276.690
1008
3377
38.6
37.1
79.6
37.1
79.6
2020
7373.820
1008
7398
84.2
83.1
79.7
83.3
79.7
2021
7597.400
1008
7835
89.4
85.8
79.9
86.0
79.9
2022
7476.910
1008
7665
87.5
84.6
80.0
84.7
80.0
2023
721.740
1008
743
99.9
96.2
80.1
96.2
80.1
Performance indicators are calculated from the Commercial Operation Date.
Above data generated by the PRIS database. Last update on 2025-02-15
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