Nuclear Plant Tihange
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Tihange nuclear power plant seen from the Citadel of Huy
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 The plant sits on the south bank of the Meuse river
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| Official name | Centrale nucléaire de Tihange (CNT) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Location | Huy, Liège |
| Coordinates | 50°32′4.66″N 5°16′21.12″E / 50.5346278°N 5.2725333°ECoordinates: 50°32′4.66″N 5°16′21.12″E / 50.5346278°N 5.2725333°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | June 1970 (Tihange 1) |
| Commission date | October 1, 1975 (Tihange 1) |
| Owner(s) | Engie Electrabel, EDF Luminus |
| Operator(s) | Engie Electrabel |
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| Reactor type | PWR |
| Reactor supplier | ACLF ACECOWEN FRAMACEC |
| Fuel type | UO2, MOX |
| Fuel supplier | Areva, ENUSA |
| Cooling source | Meuse river |
| Cooling towers | 3 |
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| Units operational | 1 x 1009 MW 1 x 1055 MW 1 x 1089 MW |
| Units under const. | 0 |
| Units planned | 0 |
| Units cancelled | 0 |
| Units decommissioned | 0 |
| Thermal capacity | 1 × 2873 MWt 1 × 3054 MWt 1 × 2988 MWt |
| Nameplate capacity | 3153 MWe |
| Capacity factor | 85,9% |
| 2009 output | 23,719 GW·h |
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Website Tihange nuclear power plant |
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The Tihange Nuclear Power Station is one of two nuclear power plants in Belgium. The plant is located on the bank of the Meuse river, near the village of Tihange in the Walloon province of Liège. The station is operated and majority-owned by vertically-integrated Belgian energy corporation Electrabel. EDF Luminus has a 50% stake in the oldest unit and a 10% stake in the two newest units. It employs 1074 workers and covers an area of 75 hectares (190 acres). The plant represents about 15% of Belgium's total electricity production capacity. Nuclear energy typically provides half of Belgium's domestically-generated electricity and is the country's lowest-cost source of power.
The powerstation was built by a public utility Intercom which merged into Electrabel in 1990 together with Intercom and Unerg. The design of the plant was made by the Belgian engineering firm Tractebel. Tihange 1 entered commercial operation in 1975, Tihange 2 in 1982 and Tihange 3 in 1985. Tihange 1 was delivered by the ACLF (ACECOWEN-Creusot-Loire-Framatome) consortium. While Tihange 2 was delivered by FRAMACEC (Framatome-ACEC-Cockerill) and Tihange 3 by the ACECOWEN (ACEC-Cockerill-Westinghouse) consortium.
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