Belgium regulators consider possible two units operation beyond 2025 AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 19.01.2022 The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) of Belgium issued a verdict that the Doel-4 and Tihange-3 units, due to their technical condition, can continue to operate beyond 2025, subject to a number of modernization measures. The final decision on the fate of the units must be made by the Belgian government. Earlier, in December 2021, the ruling coalition reached an agreement to close all nuclear units in the country until 2025. In total, there are seven operating units in Belgium at two plants Doel and Tihange. The "Doel-4" and "Tihange-3" units were put into commercial operation in July and September 1985, respectively. According to the agreement, they should be permanently closed in 2025. Topics: Europe Other news: The second Chinese HTGR came out for first criticality The Shidao Bay-1 unit consists of two HTR-PM reactors combined with a common 211 MWe turbine. Construction of Akkuyu NPP Unit 3 Begins A ceremony commemorating the start of Unit 3 construction was held at the site of the first Turkish nuclear power plant Akkuyu. TVEL Elemash Machine-building plant launches new manufacturing site for CFR-600 fabrication The dummy fuel bundles for CFR-600 are already manufactured for testing. |
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