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Deal finalised for Belgian reactor restarts in November
17 Mar 2025 20:12 GMT
… Tihange 3 and Doel 4 nuclear power reactors by 10 years … related to radioactive waste.
The Doel nuclear power plant (Image: Electrabel)
Under a … be paid when the reactors restart in November following … extension of the two nuclear reactors "are in full …
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Engie made about 1 billion euros from Belgian nuclear power in 2024
27 Feb 2025 16:44 GMT
… profit from its nuclear activities in 2024, … attributed to its Belgian nuclear operations. Without them, … morning.
Nuclear plans
Engie currently operates four nuclear reactors in … Belgium: Tihange 1, Tihange 3, Doel 2 and Doel 4. Doel …
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European Commission Allows Belgium to Extend Life of Two Nuclear Reactors
25 Feb 2025 07:27 GMT
… the lifespan of two nuclear reactors Doel4 and Tihange 3 … 2003 required all seven nuclear reactors in the country to … keep the two newest Belgian nuclear power plants, Doel 4 and Tihange 3, … support package for the nuclear reactor extensions consists of three …
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EC approves lifetime extension of two Belgian nuclear reactors
24 Feb 2025 22:03 GMT
… extend the lifespan of two nuclear reactors, Doel 4 and Tihange 3, under … reactors’ operation up to 2034.
In 2003, Belgium enacted a nuclear … of all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025.
However, due … operation of Doel 4 and Tihange 3.
The reactors have a …
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Belgian nuclear extension financing plans approved by EU
21 Feb 2025 16:06 GMT
… coalition government in December 2021, Doel 3 was shut down in … the amount of the transferred nuclear waste liabilities".
A … the Belgian state relating to nuclear waste and used fuel, … had clarified that "the nuclear reactors are based on an old …
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Belgium retires oldest nuclear power reactor
17 Feb 2025 18:04 GMT
… 2025
Unit 1 of the Doel nuclear power plant has been taken offline for … sufficiently, the unloading of the nuclear reactor can begin. In this process … the definitive shutdown of a nuclear reactor begins with the 'shutdown …
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Oldest nuclear reactor shut down for good after 50 years
15 Feb 2025 17:24 GMT
The Doel 1 nuclear reactor was definitively shut … production, Belgium’s oldest nuclear reactor, with a capacity of … have only two active nuclear reactors: Doel 4 and Tihange 3. … them for another decade.
The Doel nuclear reactors © PHOTO PETER HILTZ / …
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Belgian government seeks to reverse nuclear phase-out policy
05 Feb 2025 02:43 GMT
… it aims to construct new reactors.
The Doel nuclear power plant (Image: Electrabel)
Following the … of existing reactors and the construction of new nuclear reactors."
The … to continue operating the existing nuclear reactors".
It added that Belgium …
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Belgium wants an atomic U-turn, but its nuclear operator doesn’t
05 Feb 2025 19:32 GMT
De Wever wants another life extension for them, and a life extension for the country’s oldest reactors, Doel 1 and 2 and Tihange 1, which are already being decommissioned and are set to shut down this year.
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Belgium reverses course on nuclear power under De Wever government
03 Feb 2025 16:46 GMT
… life of the Doel 4 and Tihange 3 nuclear reactors by at least … extension of Doel 1, Doel 2 and Tihange 1 nuclear reactors. These reactors are the … soon as this month.
The Doel nuclear power plant seen from the Antwerp harbour …