Nuclear power in Belgium

Belgium nuclear power plants (view)
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Belgium has two nuclear power plants operating with a net capacity of 5,761 MWe. Electricity consumption in Belgium has increased slowly since 1990 and in 2016 nuclear power provided 51.3%, 41 TWh per year, of the country's electricity.

The country's first commercial nuclear power plant began operating in 1974. Belgium decided to phase out nuclear power generation completely by 2025. In March 2022, due to the Russian invasion on Ukraine, Belgium decided to postpone closing of two reactors by 10 additional years.

In 2025, the Belgian parliament voted to drop the phaseout of nuclear energy, and to further postpone closing the existing reactors, as well as potentially building new reactors.

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