Belgium’s Engie-Electrabel shut down the Tihange-1 nuclear power plant at 23:21 local time on Tuesday, 30 September, disconnecting it from the grid after 50 years of operation.
The 962-MW pressurised water reactor near the eastern city of Liege began commercial operation on 1 October 1975. Construction of the Framatome-designed reactor unit started in 1970.
Tihange-1 has become the fourth unit in Belgium’s fleet of seven to be permanently shut down.