Tihange Nuclear Power Station

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tihange_Nuclear_Power_Station
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:annualGeneration ~20 TWh
gptkbp:commissioned 1975
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1969
gptkbp:contributedTo Belgian electricity supply
gptkbp:coolingSource gptkb:Meuse_River
gptkbp:country gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:decommissioning_planned 2025 (reactor 1)
2025 (reactor 2)
2025 (reactor 3)
gptkbp:distance_from_Aachen 60 km
gptkbp:distance_from_Brussels 65 km
gptkbp:distance_from_Liège 25 km
gptkbp:employs over 1000 people
gptkbp:fuelType enriched uranium
gptkbp:grid_operator gptkb:Elia
gptkbp:gridConnection 1975
gptkbp:hasGuidedTours offered occasionally
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tihange Nuclear Power Station
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver gptkb:Meuse
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tihange,_Huy,_Belgium
gptkbp:notable_for microcracks in reactor vessel
gptkbp:notableEvent subject of safety concerns and protests
gptkbp:numberOfReactors 3
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Engie_Electrabel
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Engie
gptkbp:part_of Belgian nuclear program
gptkbp:protestedBy gptkb:Belgium
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:province gptkb:Liège
gptkbp:reactor_1_commissioned 1975
gptkbp:reactor_1_net_capacity 962 MW
gptkbp:reactor_1_supplier gptkb:Framatome
gptkbp:reactor_2_commissioned 1983
gptkbp:reactor_2_issues hydrogen flakes in reactor vessel
gptkbp:reactor_2_net_capacity 1008 MW
gptkbp:reactor_2_supplier gptkb:Framatome
gptkbp:reactor_3_commissioned 1985
gptkbp:reactor_3_net_capacity 1015 MW
gptkbp:reactor_3_supplier gptkb:Framatome
gptkbp:reactorSupplier gptkb:Framatome
gptkbp:reactorType gptkb:nuclear_reactor
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Federal_Agency_for_Nuclear_Control_(FANC)
gptkbp:safety_upgrades post-Fukushima measures
gptkbp:servesCity gptkb:Huy
gptkbp:status operational
gptkbp:suppliesElectricityTo gptkb:Belgium
gptkbp:total_net_capacity 2985 MW
gptkbp:website https://corporate.engie-electrabel.be/nl/activiteiten/energieproductie/kerncentrales/tihange/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:ENGIE
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6